Re: [PATCH] add the ability to create and retrieve delta objects

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: 2005-05-05 08:03:39
On Wed, 4 May 2005, Chris Mason wrote:
>
> Yes, if Linus does take the patches, it's really important for people to be 
> able to easily continue without deltas/packing if they want.

I'll happily take the patch and just not use the delta packing myself (at 
least until I trust it). But before I take the patch I want to make sure 
that people agree on it, and that it's been tested well enough that it 
won't cause people to corrupt their repositories.

For example, I do _not_ want to be in the situation SVN is in, where if
you corrupt your SVN database, you're totally screwed. There's a real
advantage to not having fancy data structures or complicated consistency
rules.

			Linus
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