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Re: Resizing an existing repository while keeping the revision numbering

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:02:59 -0400

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 08:55, Andrey Repin<anrdaemon_at_freemail.ru> wrote:
> Greetings, Oleg X Rasskazov!
>
>> One of the ways we use subversion is to store compiled binaries of all the
>> revisions of a large library we are working on. Even with efficient
>> subversion storage algorithms (deltifying changes) and cheap hdds we are
>> running out of space.
>
> As far as I know, SVN deltify only text/* files.

Subversion performs a binary diff algorithm on all files for storage.
If the files/diffs are sufficiently large, then a completely new copy
will be stored.

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