From: Bo Chen <chen@chenirvine.org>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: peff@peff.net
Subject: GSoC - Some questions on the idea of "Better big-file support".
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:38:05 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+M5ThS2iS-NMNDosk2oR25N=PMJJVTi1D=zg7MnMCUiRoX4BQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
Hi, Everyone. This is Bo Chen. I am interested in the idea of "Better
big-file support".
As it is described in the idea page,
"Many large files (like media) do not delta very well. However, some
do (like VM disk images). Git could split large objects into smaller
chunks, similar to bup, and find deltas between these much more
manageable chunks. There are some preliminary patches in this
direction, but they are in need of review and expansion."
Can anyone elaborate a little bit why many large files do not delta
very well? Is it a general problem or a specific problem just for Git?
I am really new to Git, can anyone give me some hints on which source
codes I should read to learn more about the current code on delta
operation? It is said that "there are some preliminary patches in this
direction", where can I find these patches?
I will appreciate it if anyone can offer some help.
Thanks.
Bo Chen
next reply other threads:[~2012-03-28 4:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-28 4:38 Bo Chen [this message]
2012-03-28 6:19 ` GSoC - Some questions on the idea of "Better big-file support" Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2012-03-28 11:33 ` GSoC - Some questions on the idea of Sergio
2012-03-30 19:44 ` Bo Chen
2012-03-30 19:51 ` Bo Chen
2012-03-30 20:34 ` Jeff King
2012-03-30 23:08 ` Bo Chen
2012-03-31 11:02 ` Sergio Callegari
2012-03-31 16:18 ` Neal Kreitzinger
2012-04-02 21:07 ` Jeff King
2012-04-03 9:58 ` Sergio Callegari
2012-04-11 1:24 ` Neal Kreitzinger
2012-04-11 6:04 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-04-11 16:29 ` Neal Kreitzinger
2012-04-11 22:09 ` Jeff King
2012-04-11 16:35 ` Neal Kreitzinger
2012-04-11 16:44 ` Neal Kreitzinger
2012-04-11 17:20 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-04-11 18:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-04-11 19:03 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-04-11 18:23 ` Neal Kreitzinger
2012-04-11 21:35 ` Jeff King
2012-04-12 19:29 ` Neal Kreitzinger
2012-04-12 21:03 ` Jeff King
[not found] ` <4F8A2EBD.1070407@gmail.com>
2012-04-15 2:15 ` Jeff King
2012-04-15 2:33 ` Neal Kreitzinger
2012-04-16 14:54 ` Jeff King
2012-05-10 21:43 ` Neal Kreitzinger
2012-05-10 22:39 ` Jeff King
2012-04-12 21:08 ` Neal Kreitzinger
2012-04-13 21:36 ` Bo Chen
2012-03-31 15:19 ` Neal Kreitzinger
2012-04-02 21:40 ` Jeff King
2012-04-02 22:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-04-03 10:07 ` Jeff King
2012-03-31 16:49 ` Neal Kreitzinger
2012-03-31 20:28 ` Neal Kreitzinger
2012-03-31 21:27 ` Bo Chen
2012-04-01 4:22 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2012-04-01 23:30 ` Bo Chen
2012-04-02 1:00 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2012-03-30 19:11 ` GSoC - Some questions on the idea of "Better big-file support" Bo Chen
2012-03-30 19:54 ` Jeff King
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