Re: Binary differencing performs poorly (erractically) on very large text file

Karl Fogel wrote:
> Raman Gupta <rocketraman_at_fastmail.fm> writes:
>> First, why are you talking about "binary" differencing if this is a
>> text file? See the FAQ entry at [1] although for the purposes of this
>> question I don't think it really matters.
>
> No, Charles is right to use that term -- the binary differencing (that
> the repository uses to store revisions) doesn't know or care whether a
> file is text: it just takes differences on the raw bits. He's not
> talking about "svn diff", he's talking about repository storage.

Thanks for the clarification Karl. Wouldn't you know it -- that exact
information is right in the FAQ entry I referenced :-)

Cheers,
Raman

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