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On Tracking Binary Files

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Patrick Berkeley <patrickberkeley@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 14, 2009, 14:42 UTC
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Does Git track the deltas on binary files?

Someone in #git mentioned that if the binaries change too much Git no longer just stores the changes. If this is the case, what is the breaking point where Git goes from storing the deltas to the entire new file?

Thanks, Patrick
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