linux-kernel - Re: Smaller compressed kernel source tarballs?

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0610020848070.28876@qynat.qvtvafvgr.pbz>
Date:	Mon, 2 Oct 2006 08:48:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Lang <dlang@...italinsight.com>
To:	Phillip Susi <psusi@....rr.com>
cc:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	Drew Scott Daniels <ddaniels@...lumni.mb.ca>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Smaller compressed kernel source tarballs?

On Mon, 2 Oct 2006, Phillip Susi wrote:

> David Lang wrote:
>> I just had what's probably a silly thought.
>> 
>> as an alturnative to useing tar, what about useing a git pack?
>> 
>> create a git archive with no history, just the current files, and then pack 
>> it with agressive delta options.
>> 
>
> Isn't that what a patch.gz is?  Diff generates the deltas and then they are 
> compressed.  Can't get much simpler or better than that.

not quite, a git pack includes everythign you need to get the full source, a 
patch.gz requires that you have the prior version of the source to start with.

David Lang
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