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You can't do that, every object is compressed (and then added to pack files with delta-encoding). Even if you did manually write a non-zlib object, things would
by remram 5y ago
You can't do that, every object is compressed (and then added to pack files with delta-encoding). Even if you did manually write a non-zlib object, things would break the first time Git tried to access that object (for example to show, compare with working copy, gc, or repack).
- rectang 5y agoThank you, that's very helpful to know! It makes perfect sense, too. I wonder if I can abuse the pack file format. Mua ha ha. Probably not but learning about Git innards pays dividends even if the experiments don't work out.