* Petko Manolov: >>> Unfortunately this is not the case. These binary blobs are already >>> compressed and/or encrypted and adding even a few bytes ends up storing >>> new version in full size. >> >> Can't you store them uncompressed? > > Not really, but i can convert them into ascii format and store only > the delta. This will admittedly increase the initial size of the > repository, but hopefully not by much. If the encryption is halfway decent, a new IV/nonce will be chosen for each new revision, and you can't tell that two ciphertexts share a common prefix without fully decrypting them. -- Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxx> BFK edv-consulting GmbH http://www.bfk.de/ Kriegsstraße 100 tel: +49-721-96201-1 D-76133 Karlsruhe fax: +49-721-96201-99 - 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
