Storing diffs is not a great idea since then it requires that you apply them all to get the latest version. Notably, git does not store files as diffs [1] which

Storing diffs is not a great idea since then it requires that you apply them all to get the latest version. Notably, git does not store files as diffs [1] which is one of the reasons it’s so much faster than older diff-based VCSes. [1] https://stackoverflow.com/a/43364484 https://stackoverflow.com/a/43364484