Re: Subversion equivalent to VSS diff for binary files

(didn't read it all very very carefully; was too long for that)

David Weintraub wrote on Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 09:47:32 -0400:
> Text files are stored as diffs and removing a particular
> revision of a text file won't save a lot of room in the repository.
...
> However, binary files are a bit different. Changing one line in a file
> and then compiling it may cause a cascade of changes, so the resulting
> difference between the previous revision of the binary and current
> version of the binary are quite huge.
>

Seems to me the solution is "Don't store your binaries in Subversion".

What does storing the binaries in Subversion gain? (as opposed to
storing all historical binaries in FTP somewhere)

> In fact, Subversion can, unlike many version control systems, actually
> distinguish between binary types [...].
>

What are you referring to?
Received on 2010-10-18 16:26:56 CEST