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Re: Delta performance

From: Greg Hudson <ghudson_at_MIT.EDU>
Date: 2000-10-07 02:23:56 CEST

> Um. From a diff'ing neophyte, this seems to beg the question: why
> don't we just use diff+gzip instead of spending a bunch of time on a
> new format?

diff was not designed for binary files. So while we may not have
anything better yet, diff+gzip will never be very satisfactory for
binary data in the repository.
Received on Sat Oct 21 14:36:10 2006

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