Re: Handling large files with GIT

On 2/14/06, Ian Molton <spyro@f2s.com> wrote:
> Im curious as to why anyone would want to use a SCM tool on a mail dir
> anyway - surely no-one edits their pasnt mails and needs to keep logs?
>
> surely incremental backups would be a better way to manage something
> like this ?

Well, the maildir arrangement is friendlier to something content-smart
like git than to something content-stupid like a backup tool. Files
inside a maildir change name/location to reflect changes in status,
but their content tends to remain the same.

git does great in this scenario, except for the "dealing with a
bazillion files" part of it.

cheers,


martin
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