Re: Tracking OpenOffice files/other compressed files with Git

Peter Krefting [off-list ref] writes:

I find myself tracking OpenOffice files every now and then.

[...]

I notice, however, that the Git history tend to grow quite a bit,

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Slightly off-topic answer, since it doesn't solve the disk space
problem, but you can have a look at

  http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/opendocument/

(which lets you use "git diff" on OpenOffice files)
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-- 
Matthieu