Re: Git and OpenDocument (OpenOffice.org) files

Mike Hommey [off-list ref] writes:

On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 03:58:04PM +0200, David Kastrup [off-list ref] wrote:

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Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:

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On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Mike Hommey wrote:

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BTW, wouldn't it be more efficient to store the odf files unzipped ?

Efficient how?  Speed-wise: no.  Space-wise: yes.

Huh?  At least the "Space-wise: yes" seems rather nonsensical.

A zipped file will be 100% different at each revision.
The unzipped counterpart may be similar for 90% or more between revisions.

Ah, right.

This applies however to gzipped files or single-file zip files, and
not zipped files in general: a zip file compresses each file
individually, so unchanged single files inside of the zip will deltify
reasonably well, as opposed to unchanged single files in a .tar.gz
file.

But that's a minor point not relevant here, and of course you are
right.  I just somehow did not register that "store the odf files" was
supposed to mean "get checked into git in numerous versions".

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David Kastrup