Yan> Would it be possible to modify rsync to look around the
Yan> target directory for a similar file to use as a template,
Yan> then send only the diffs from the that file? I can see all
Yan> kinds of difficulties with this; mainly that rsync would have
Yan> to make some quesses about what files are similar.
Yan> Basically, it could limit itself to files that are similar in
Yan> size and in the same directory.
Or better yet, cache the data across the whole run. This
would let rsync discover moved/copied files and not have to send the
data.
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