> Well diff -a somewhat informative, although very messy. I can clean
> the diff of two zip -0 files as follows:
No one will actually use zip -0. When compression is used, it is used
to reduce file sizes.
> $ diff -a shfiles{,2}.zip | strings | grep '^[<>]'
> < top -n 1 | grep Cpu.s | grep -o '[^ ]*.id' #| sed s/[^0-9]//g
>> THIS IS BORKEN CHANGE top -n 1 | grep Cpu.s | grep -o '[^ ]*.id' #|
>> sed s/[^0-9]//g
>
> ar is gives nicer diffs:
>
> $ diff -a shfiles{,2}.zip | wc
> 30 104 1154
> $ diff -a {1,2}.ar | wc
> 8 54 300
>
> $ diff -a {1,2}.ar
> 164c164
> < cooldown.sh/ 1211341443 1000 1000 100644 469 `
> ---
>> cooldown.sh/ 1211382850 1000 1000 100644 491 `
> 175c175
> < top -n 1 | grep Cpu.s | grep -o '[^ ]*.id' #| sed s/[^0-9]//g
> ---
>> THIS IS BORKEN CHANGE top -n 1 | grep Cpu.s | grep -o '[^ ]*.id' #|
>> sed s/[^0-9]//g
>
>
> It seems as if we could probably even merge the diff if different sub
> files were changes. Still seems unsatisfying, as most likely in both
> zip/ar files the base .lyx file would have been changed.
Never tried this. This is impressive.
>> This is not needed. In my proposal, plain text, base64 format is used
>> without compression, and our existing compression feature is used to
>> compress this file.
>
> Storing embedded files as base64 text in the zip file would eliminate
> most of the advantages of the zip format discussed.
I started to see what you are saying. Use base64 for uncompressed
case, AND zip for compressed case. I have to admit this is a very
interesting proposal. I am taking a note. :-)
Bo
