From: Ian Molton Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:17:57 GMT Subject: Re: Handling large files with GIT Message-ID: <43F113A5.2080506@f2s.com> In-Reply-To: Linus Torvalds wrote: > Taking advantage of those kinds of things is what makes git good at > handling software projects. But it wouldn't necessarily be how you lay out > a mail directory, for example. An automated file store might want to > spread out the changes on purpose. Indeed... Im curious as to why anyone would want to use a SCM tool on a mail dir anyway - surely no-one edits their pasnt mails and needs to keep logs? surely incremental backups would be a better way to manage something like this ?