Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965018AbWJBQFK (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Oct 2006 12:05:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965021AbWJBQFK (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Oct 2006 12:05:10 -0400 Received: from warden-p.diginsite.com ([208.29.163.248]:5119 "HELO warden.diginsite.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S965018AbWJBQFJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Oct 2006 12:05:09 -0400 Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 08:48:51 -0700 (PDT) From: David Lang X-X-Sender: dlang@dlang.diginsite.com To: Phillip Susi cc: Willy Tarreau , Drew Scott Daniels , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Smaller compressed kernel source tarballs? In-Reply-To: <45212D5D.7010201@cfl.rr.com> Message-ID: References: <20061002033511.GB12695@zimmer> <20061002033531.GA5050@1wt.eu> <45212D5D.7010201@cfl.rr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 856 Lines: 23 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/