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RE: Repository Size Confusion

From: Davison, Steve D <steve.d.davison_at_intel.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:10:33 -0800

Bob Archer wrote:
>
> Keep in mind there is more than compression.

  . . .

And while we are piling on ... :) Don't forget that
checked-in changes are stored as deltas, not the whole
file. In many, or most, cases storing only the
uncompressed deltas will save you more space than
compressing and storing the whole changed file.

Not sure if SVN also compress the deltas...

// Steve

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