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Re: Subversion and lots of binaries..

From: Mike Mason <mgm_at_thoughtworks.net>
Date: 2004-02-26 10:34:16 CET

Jonathan Soong wrote:

> I'm not sure if SVN IS the best way to go, it just seemed reasonable
> in light of what we wanted to do - i would be open to suggestions on
> different/better ways to do it..

I'm not sure anyone would want to comment too much on how to share music
amongst friends. The RIAA is watching, after all...

>
> I am considering writing my own diff program so that if just the
> ID2/ID3 tags of the MP3 changed, it woudln't require a complete upload
> of the binary data..

Subversion treats all files as binary anyhow, so if you just change the
tags, it won't retransmit the entire file. It'll also only store the
difference in the central repository, saving space.

Cheers,
Mike.

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