From: Randal L. Schwartz Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 15:37:10 GMT Subject: Re: How should I handle binary file with GIT Message-ID: <86wte4rq3d.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> In-Reply-To: >>>>> "Nicolas" == Nicolas Pitre 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"? -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!