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Yeah, but their system is super simplistic and doesn't support half of the diverse and robust operations that Git and Github do. Can I see version history? Are
by thewopr 12y ago
Yeah, but their system is super simplistic and doesn't support half of the diverse and robust operations that Git and Github do. Can I see version history? Are changes compressed into diffs for text files? etc, etc.
- merlincorey 12y agoGit stores whole objects, not diffs, in case you were confused.
- yuubi 12y agoGit stores diffs between revisions too: see https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-pack-objects.html https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-pack-ob... Packs happen automatically sometimes per https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-gc.html https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-gc.html