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by syntheticlife 4443 days ago
FWIW: Every time you modify a file in git, it adds a completely new copy of the file. 100mb text file, 100mb binary file - makes no difference. Modify one line, it's a new 100mb entry in your git repo.
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JelteF 4443 days ago
No, git has delta compression. It only saves the changes.
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syntheticlife 4443 days ago
Only when git repack operations run.
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Skinney 4443 days ago
which you can run at any time. Git also runs a minor gc every time you do a git push, which does do some compression.
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