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Re: proposal: delta based git archival

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JHJeffrey E. Hundstad <jeffrey.hundstad@mnsu.edu>
Date
Apr 22, 2005, 09:12 UTC
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<4268C00C.7040308@mnsu.edu>
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Michel Lespinasse wrote:
>Does this sound insane ? Too complicated maybe ?
>  
>
My vote is YES on both counts.

Simplicity and flexibility is what makes git a good thing; and imho this works against that quite aggressively.

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Jeffrey Hundstad
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