On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Chris Hostetter <[email protected]> wrote: > files with the same names should be the same, files with differnet names > should be very different -- but if your binary diff tool is finding > commonalities between files in new segments as the index grows overtime, > and you feel like you can take advantage of this, then i would suggest > using a simple tool like "tar" to combine all of the index files int oa > single file with a predictable name before running your diff tool.
I've considered that tar-style approach. My initial query to the list was to see if I can avoid making the patch creation program agnostic to the set of files. Anyway, the tar-style approach seems the way to go if testing confirms it is needed. Thanks, --ewh --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
