How do Git LFS and git-annex differ? : <p><a href="https://git-annex.branchable.com/">git-annex</a> has been around for quite some time, but never really gained momentum.<br>
<a href="https://git-lfs.github.com/">Git LFS</a> is rather young and is already supported by GitHub, Bitbucket and GitLab.</p>

<p>Both tools handle binary files in git repositories. On the other hand, GitLab seems to have replaced <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/2015/02/17/gitlab-annex-solves-the-problem-of-versioning-large-binaries-with-git/">git-annex</a> with <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/2015/11/23/announcing-git-lfs-support-in-gitlab/">Git LFS</a> within one year.</p>

<ul>
<li>What are the technical differences?</li>
<li>Do they solve the same problem?</li>
</ul>
