(didn't read it all very very carefully; was too long for that) David Weintraub wrote on Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 09:47:32 -0400: > Text files are stored as diffs and removing a particular > revision of a text file won't save a lot of room in the repository. ... > However, binary files are a bit different. Changing one line in a file > and then compiling it may cause a cascade of changes, so the resulting > difference between the previous revision of the binary and current > version of the binary are quite huge. >
Seems to me the solution is "Don't store your binaries in Subversion". What does storing the binaries in Subversion gain? (as opposed to storing all historical binaries in FTP somewhere) > In fact, Subversion can, unlike many version control systems, actually > distinguish between binary types [...]. > What are you referring to?
