From: David Kastrup Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:05:57 GMT Subject: Re: Git and OpenDocument (OpenOffice.org) files Message-ID: <86bqctqap6.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> In-Reply-To: <20070827141600.GA11000@glandium.org> Mike Hommey writes: > On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 03:58:04PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote: >> Johannes Schindelin writes: >> >> > On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Mike Hommey wrote: >> > >> >> BTW, wouldn't it be more efficient to store the odf files unzipped ? >> > >> > Efficient how? Speed-wise: no. Space-wise: yes. >> >> Huh? At least the "Space-wise: yes" seems rather nonsensical. > > A zipped file will be 100% different at each revision. > The unzipped counterpart may be similar for 90% or more between revisions. Ah, right. This applies however to gzipped files or single-file zip files, and not zipped files in general: a zip file compresses each file individually, so unchanged single files inside of the zip will deltify reasonably well, as opposed to unchanged single files in a .tar.gz file. But that's a minor point not relevant here, and of course you are right. I just somehow did not register that "store the odf files" was supposed to mean "get checked into git in numerous versions". -- David Kastrup