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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: GSoC - Some questions on the idea of
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Neal Kreitzinger wrote:

> 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.

I would suggest tracking source code instead of binaries if possible,
though.

Jonathan