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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2012-05-26 21:38:25 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2012-05-26 21:38:25 -0400 |
| commit | 76720a6d0df1dd8f3d4405bf4e7cd1a6ce31005d (patch) | |
| tree | 97d45c842fe36d5b3e223c7f42c92325b6205d0b /doc/design/assistant/deltas.mdwn | |
| parent | 6703892e83c89a27a2e2766e5984618e7449bdb8 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/design/assistant/deltas.mdwn b/doc/design/assistant/deltas.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cf2d9f6c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/design/assistant/deltas.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +Speed up syncing of modified versions of to existing files. + +One simple way is to find the key of the old version of a file that's +being transferred, so it can be used as the basis for rsync, or any +other similar transfer protocol. + +For remotes that don't use rsync, a poor man's version could be had by +chunking each object into multiple parts. Only modified parts need be +transferred. Sort of sub-keys to the main key being stored. |