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No, git actually stores diffs when its reasonable to do so. You can check the files for the objects in the repository yourself. Git can compress these files int
by gmueckl 7y ago
No, git actually stores diffs when its reasonable to do so. You can check the files for the objects in the repository yourself. Git can compress these files into packs, but that's a separate step on top.
- outworlder 7y ago> No, git actually stores diffs when its reasonable to do so. No it doesn't. It does delta compression – which ultimately accomplishes the same goal – but this is not what people mean when they say that a version control system stores diffs (like SVN does). https://gist.github.com/matthewmccullough/2695758 https://gist.github.com/matthewmccullough/2695758 https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Packfiles https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Packfiles