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Re: How small is git-packed mailing list vs zipped mailing list?

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JPJ.C. Pizarro <jcpiza@gmail.com>
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Feb 23, 2008, 05:34 UTC
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On 2008/2/23, J.C. Pizarro <jcpiza@gmail.com>, i wrote:
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> Not all inside of git repository data is source code used for
>  versioning control, but the mailing lists are pushed too into git repo!
>
>  Is there any idea of
>
>  How small is a git packed mailing list vs zipped mailing list?
>
>    ;)
>
It thanks to the delta scheme, minimum spanning tree and zlib of the git packer.
1. For git, it's better to commit splitted monthly-files
     (the atomic messages have some redundancy in the replies and forwards).
2. For zip, it's better to zip non-splitted monthly-files.
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