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=== What can/should be stored on GitLab? ===

=== What can/should be stored on GitLab? ===

Short answer: Scripts, documentation, theses, figures etc. '''No data please!''' For data, use https://data.donders.ru.nl/.

Short answer: Scripts, documentation, theses, figures etc. '''No research data please!''' For research data, use https://data.donders.ru.nl/.

For some niche cases, GitLab's Large File Storage (LFS) might be useful, see below.

Longer answer: Git and GitLab are meant primarily for smaller amounts of data (think Megabytes, not Gigabytes).

Longer answer: Git and GitLab are meant primarily for smaller amounts of data (think Megabytes, not Gigabytes).

Most features, like comparing versions, only really make sense with text-based files.

Most features, like comparing versions, only really make sense with changing text-based files.

Git keeps track of every change you make in its history, and never really forgets.

Git keeps track of every change you make in its history, and thus content is never really deleted.

That means Git repositories only grow larger, and even if you "delete" files, you can go back and un-delete them.

That means Git repositories only grow larger, and even if you "delete" files, you can go back and un-delete them.

That's a main feature, you get an "unlimited undo" for all kinds of files (and across different editors and computers).

That's a main feature, you get an "unlimited undo" for all kinds of files (and across different editors and computers).

Keeping an unchangeable history makes it impractical for data - you can't really delete them, comparing versions of them makes little sense.

Keeping an unchangeable history makes it impractical for binary data - you can't really delete them, comparing versions of them makes little sense.

And potentially you later want to make the project available to more people - but maybe without sharing all data.

And potentially you later want to make the project available to more people - but maybe without sharing all data.

For these reasons, please use https://data.donders.ru.nl/ for your research data.

For all these reasons, please use https://data.donders.ru.nl/ for your data.

 

In case you need certain large data files for your development, GitLab offers Large File Storage (LFS).

For more documentation, please refer to https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/workflow/lfs/manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs.html.

=== What happens to my GitLab projects when I leave? ===

=== What happens to my GitLab projects when I leave? ===