On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 1:37 PM, <sky5w...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I am curious what is stored in the repo for each new commit that includes
> a tiny change to a binary file.
>  Whether a dll or an image file, is fossil storing each binary file
> compressed, uncompressed or some sort of delta?
>

A binary delta.



> Over time(6mo's to 1yr), I would like to reduce my repo size by purging
> really old binary files.
>

You can do this in Fossil.  But doing so violates the spirit and intent of
Fossil.  The intent is that you only commit to a fossil repository what you
want to keep forever.  If you have transient files that you only want to
keep for 6 to 12 months, you would do well to store them separately.
-- 
D. Richard Hipp
d...@sqlite.org
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