On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Abilio Marques <abili...@gmail.com> wrote: ...
> As far as I can see, binary files get uploaded into a web server using > PUT, and then a reference is made into the repo. That way git doesn't deal > with useless DIFFs of such files. Then, when a checkout is made, it > downloads the file over http/https. Seems like a neat solution. > > I guess that fossil users with a bunch of local repos (like myself) > wouldn't benefit if they had to load a web server. But for other people, > perhaps... Perhaps if instead of a web server, the file just gets copied in > a directory... I don't know... > Fossil's internal diffing algorithm handles binary files quite well. Also, I recall reading somewhere that Fossil is able to determine when just storing the new content would be more efficient. If you are curious about how Fossil encodes differences, see http://fossil-scm.org/index.html/doc/trunk/www/delta_format.wiki
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