Re: On Tracking Binary Files

Hi,

On Tue, 14 Apr 2009, Patrick Berkeley wrote:

Does Git track the deltas on binary files?

Someone in #git mentioned that if the binaries change too much Git no
longer just stores the changes. If this is the case, what is the
breaking point where Git goes from storing the deltas to the entire
new file?

Git does not store the deltas as you think it does.  The deltification of 
the objects is almost independent from the commmit history, i.e. we 
_always_ store snapshots for most practical matters.

Ciao,
Dscho