a better fix is to mysqldump every table individually, and then git commit those as distinct .sql files. This way less-often updated data (reference tables, etc

a better fix is to mysqldump every table individually, and then git commit those as distinct .sql files. This way less-often updated data (reference tables, etc) tend not to need updating, and your hash generation is typically smaller. Plus, you can skip log/session type tables if you are that way inclined to use them. :)