Please ignore. I just read how SVN already uses a binary differencing
algorithm internally.
James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there any way in svn to provide more efficient storage of binary
> files. E.g. Documents instead of source code.
> E.g. A xml document, where all the xml statements are on one line. A
> single character difference will result in diff thinking the entire file
> is different.
>
> For example, if it was a openoffice document, svn would have to unzip
> it, diff all the files inside, and then only store the changes.
> With a MS Word document in .xml format, the unzip stage could be missed.
>
> For a native MS Word document, a special diff program would be needed to
> identify differences that only a diff program that could understand the
> .doc format could do.
>
> This is all probably some way away, but as a stepping stone, a diff
> program that worked on a character basis instead of a line basis could
> help.
>
> James
>
>
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