On Dec 30, 2007 10:49 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > The cost of the key comparison done in each round is > insignificant compared to the actual cost of accessing the > object data through zlib. Sorry to ask, but just out of curiosity, what were the reasons to choose zlib compression algorithm among the possible ones? There is a thread where this has been discussed in the past? Sorry to ask but I didn't find such a thread myself. Thanks Marco - 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