Managing large binary files with Git

Question

I am looking for opinions of how to handle large binary files on which my source code (web application) is dependent. We are currently discussing several alternatives:

Answer 1

In my opinion, if you're likely to often modify those large files, or if you intend to make a lot of git clone or git checkout, then you should seriously consider using another Git repository (or maybe another way to access those files).

But if you work like we do, and if your binary files are not often modified, then the first clone/checkout will be long, but after that it should be as fast as you want (considering your users keep using the first cloned repository they had).