Re: git and binary files

From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date: Jan 16, 2008, 15:01 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0801160958170.25841@xanadu.home>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0801161640010.5260@bender.nucleusys.com>

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Petko Manolov wrote:

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> On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Jakub Narebski wrote:
> 
> > Petko Manolov wrote:
> > > 
> > > Unfortunately this is not the case.  These binary blobs are already
> > > compressed and/or encrypted and adding even a few bytes ends up storing
> > > new version in full size.
> > 
> > Can't you store them uncompressed?
> 
> Not really, but i can convert them into ascii format and store only the delta.

If you don't have the original uncompressed unencrypted file, what will converting them to ascii actually give you?

Nicolas