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From the user's perspective, when setup correctly Git LFS is transparent and they don't see the text pointers - the binary files are replaced on push and pull to the server.

It's the same user experience as Perforce?

Yes, Git is more low-level and it's possible to see those text pointers if you want to.

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This is what you want to believe but its not true.

I’m really sorry, git lfs is an ugly hack, and its always painful when you discover that some gamedev team has been forced into it by “better knowing” software developers.

It reminds me a lot of “features” of software that is clearly a box ticking exercise, like technically MS Teams has a whiteboard feature. Yet it lacks any depth: its not persistent so its gone after the call, and it’s clunky to use and to save.

… but technically the feature exists, so it’s harder to argue for better software thats fit for purpose, like miro or mural.

Not a belief, but my experience. Maybe I've had a blessed experience with LFS? It's always "just worked" for me.

But I’d make a guess that the majority of the files you’re working on are text based.

If the primary filetype you use is binary, you’ll start to feel the jank.