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Re: git and binary files

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FWFlorian Weimer <fweimer@bfk.de>
Date
Jan 16, 2008, 16:41 UTC
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* Petko Manolov:
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>>> Unfortunately this is not the case.  These binary blobs are already
>>> compressed and/or encrypted and adding even a few bytes ends up storing
>>> new version in full size.
>>
>> Can't you store them uncompressed?
>
> Not really, but i can convert them into ascii format and store only
> the delta.  This will admittedly increase the initial size of the
> repository, but hopefully not by much.

If the encryption is halfway decent, a new IV/nonce will be chosen for each new revision, and you can't tell that two ciphertexts share a common prefix without fully decrypting them.

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  1. Petko ManolovJan 16, 2008
  2. David SymondsJan 16, 2008
  3. Petko ManolovJan 16, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinJan 16, 2008
  5. Petko ManolovJan 16, 2008
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  14. Jakub NarebskiJan 16, 2008
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  24. Florian WeimerJan 16, 2008
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  26. Petko ManolovJan 16, 2008
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