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Re: What does deltify do?

From: Ben Reser <ben_at_reser.org>
Date: 2004-02-16 02:54:41 CET

On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 03:57:04PM -0600, kfogel@collab.net wrote:
> Luigi Bai <lpb@focalpoint.com> writes:
> > I'm sorry if this is a frequently asked question, but I wasn't able to
> > find the answer on the website or in a search of the mailing list.
> >
> > What does svnadmin deltify do?
>
> Deltification is a storage optimization, so that the repository does
> not have to store every byte of each revision of each file.
>
> The 'svnadmin deltify' command was a way to force this to happen when
> the repository didn't do it automatically; it is largely obsolete now,
> I think.

I wrote this patch a long time ago to clarify the docs on this to help
people know what it does..

http://www.contactor.se/~dast/svn/archive-2004-01/0003.shtml

It might be useful to apply it, hint hint hint. :)

-- 
Ben Reser <ben@reser.org>
http://ben.reser.org
"Conscience is the inner voice which warns us somebody may be looking."
- H.L. Mencken
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