Re: GSoC - Some questions on the idea of

On 4/11/2012 1:04 AM, Jonathan Nieder wrote:

Neal Kreitzinger wrote:

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Maybe small binaries do xdelta well and the above is a moot point.

If I am reading it correctly, diff-delta copes fine with smallish
binary files that have not changed much.  Converting to hex would
only hurt.

How do I check the history size of a binary?  IOW, how to I check the
size of the sum of all the delta-compressions and root blob of a binary?
  That way I can sample different binary types to get a symptomatic idea
of how well they are delta compressing.  I suspect that compiled
binaries will compress well (efficient history) and graphics files may
not compress well (large history).

v/r,
neal