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Re: On Tracking Binary Files

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Apr 14, 2009, 16:54 UTC
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Hi,
On Tue, 14 Apr 2009, Patrick Berkeley wrote:
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> Does Git track the deltas on binary files?
> 
> Someone in #git mentioned that if the binaries change too much Git no
> longer just stores the changes. If this is the case, what is the
> breaking point where Git goes from storing the deltas to the entire
> new file?

Git does not store the deltas as you think it does. The deltification of the objects is almost independent from the commmit history, i.e. we _always_ store snapshots for most practical matters.

Ciao, Dscho

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