Re: How should I handle binary file with GIT

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"Nicolas" == Nicolas Pitre [off-list ref] writes:

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IIRC bsdiff is used by Firefox to distribute binary software updates.
Xdelta is generic (not optimized for binaries like bsdiff and edelta), but
supposedly offers worse compression (bigger diffs).

Nicolas> We already have our own delta code for pack storage.

I think the issue is related to being able to cherry-pick and merge
when binaries are involved.  I've been worried about that myself.
How well are binaries supported these days for all the operations
we're taking for granted?  When is a "diff" expected to be a real
"diff" and not just "binary files differ"?

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