I need to assess the delta compression efficiency of various types of binaries. Can I do it this way:
(1) Run git diff between two versions of a binary and pipe the result to a file. (Sample different types of binaries and changes.) (2) Assess the output by size or format or content to determine how well it delta differenced? How would I determine this? What are good absolute delta sizes? What are good delta size ratios compared to total file size? Is the number of hunks in the delta important? (3) Compress the delta file with gzip (or something) and then assess the compression ratio? What is a good compression ratio? What are good delta compressed absolute sizes? What are good delta compressed relative sizes to total file size?
I'm sure I may be missing some things here. I'm new to assessing delta compression efficiency of binaries in general, and specifically for git. Please advise.
v/r, neal
