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Re: How should I handle binary file with GIT

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Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date
Apr 5, 2006, 15:37 UTC
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>>>>> "Nicolas" == Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> writes:
>> IIRC bsdiff is used by Firefox to distribute binary software updates.
>> Xdelta is generic (not optimized for binaries like bsdiff and edelta), but
>> supposedly offers worse compression (bigger diffs).
Nicolas> We already have our own delta code for pack storage.

I think the issue is related to being able to cherry-pick and merge when binaries are involved. I've been worried about that myself. How well are binaries supported these days for all the operations we're taking for granted? When is a "diff" expected to be a real "diff" and not just "binary files differ"?

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