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Sector dossier · GAM
Game studios use RhodeCode for large asset repos, branch-heavy workflows, and on-prem control.
Code and multi-gigabyte art, audio and level data in the same project, touched by programmers, artists and designers at once — with unreleased work that must not leave the studio before a date somebody else picked.
Profile
Typical deployment
Constraint
Embargo until announcement
Repositories
100–1,500
Binding constraint
Asset size, not code size
VCS mix
Git + hg, SVN in art pipelines
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Constraints
The constraint you arrived with is not unique to you
Which controls each sector treats as a hard requirement, which are common, and which rarely apply. Your row is highlighted.
hard requirement common not typical
| Sector | Air-gapped | Export control | Path-level access | Signed approvals | IT/OT or zone split | Long audit retention |
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| FINFinancial services | Air-gapped: not typical | Export control: hard requirement | Path-level access: hard requirement | Signed approvals: hard requirement | IT/OT or zone split: not typical | Long audit retention: hard requirement |
| DEFDefence & government | Air-gapped: hard requirement | Export control: hard requirement | Path-level access: hard requirement | Signed approvals: common | IT/OT or zone split: hard requirement | Long audit retention: hard requirement |
| AUTAutomotive & embedded | Air-gapped: not typical | Export control: common | Path-level access: hard requirement | Signed approvals: hard requirement | IT/OT or zone split: hard requirement | Long audit retention: common |
| MEDHealthcare & life sciences | Air-gapped: not typical | Export control: not typical | Path-level access: hard requirement | Signed approvals: hard requirement | IT/OT or zone split: not typical | Long audit retention: hard requirement |
| SCIResearch & national labs | Air-gapped: hard requirement | Export control: common | Path-level access: common | Signed approvals: common | IT/OT or zone split: not typical | Long audit retention: common |
| AERAerospace & space | Air-gapped: hard requirement | Export control: hard requirement | Path-level access: hard requirement | Signed approvals: hard requirement | IT/OT or zone split: hard requirement | Long audit retention: common |
| ENREnergy & utilities | Air-gapped: hard requirement | Export control: hard requirement | Path-level access: common | Signed approvals: common | IT/OT or zone split: hard requirement | Long audit retention: common |
| TELTelecom | Air-gapped: not typical | Export control: common | Path-level access: hard requirement | Signed approvals: common | IT/OT or zone split: common | Long audit retention: hard requirement |
| SEMSemiconductor & IP | Air-gapped: hard requirement | Export control: hard requirement | Path-level access: hard requirement | Signed approvals: common | IT/OT or zone split: hard requirement | Long audit retention: hard requirement |
| GAMGames & interactive | Air-gapped: not typical | Export control: not typical | Path-level access: hard requirement | Signed approvals: common | IT/OT or zone split: not typical | Long audit retention: common |
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Needs
What the platform has to do here
Four requirements this reader cannot compromise on, and the shape of answer that fails them.
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Git LFS and Mercurial largefiles with per-repository quotas
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Path-level access so outsourcing partners see one asset tree, not the project
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Long-lived feature and release branches with protection rules per title
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Review that works for a designer and a gameplay programmer equally
Where the usual answer fails
Platforms priced and tuned for text repositories struggle with a project where the binaries outweigh the code by two orders of magnitude.
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Cases
How that works in practice
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Large game asset support
Game projects mix code with multi-gigabyte art, audio and level data. RhodeCode supports Git LFS for Git repositories and Mercurial's largefiles extension for Hg, so large binaries are versioned rather than passed around.
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Team collaboration across disciplines
Programmers, artists, level designers and audio engineers all touch the same project. Code review, inline comments and pull requests keep cross-discipline changes traceable without forcing everyone into the same tooling.
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Process automation and integrations
Hook RhodeCode into your build pipeline with a documented REST API and webhooks. Smart commits update Jira or Redmine on push, merge or pull request, and settings are per repository rather than global.
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Next
Tell us the constraint, not the feature list
Deployments in this shape usually turn on one binding constraint. Describe yours and we will say plainly whether RhodeCode answers it — including when it does not.