Jeff King wrote: > On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 12:24:44PM +1000, David Symonds wrote: > >> Forward thinking, that's probably most sensible, since git 4.7 might >> not use delta compression, but maybe wavelet compression, or other >> scheme entirely. Using deltas is an implementation detail, after all. > > Git already uses two types of compression (zlib on all objects, deltas > between objects in packfiles). So just saying "compressing" is actually > a bit ambiguous, and I think noting that what we are _actually_ doing > right now is delta compression is worthwhile. True. But then, zlib compression is also delta compressing and huffman coding. Git's delta compression is quite similar; it just uses a larger window than the sliding 64k gzip one. Sam.` - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
