Re: [TSVN] Algorithm for determining if files are locally modified

Chermside, Michael wrote:

> Stefan writes:
>
>>Subversion will soon be replacing the last step of this algorithm
>>(comparing byte by byte) with an MD5 checksum.
>
>
> I'm just curious: why? Since computing an MD5 checksum still requires
> reading the entire file

Only one file, not two - the MD5 checksum of the pristine copy only has to be calculated once on
checkout/update.

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