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This is pretty cool. Worth noting that Git does not actually only store full copies of files every time you make a change, this article I found does a really good job at explaining Git's packing: https://gist.github.com/matthewmccullough/2695758



It actually does. Until you run git gc or it runs automatically, and your blobs are packed.


“Objects” rather than “blobs”, in git “blobs” means specifically file contents (/ unstructured as technically you can use blobs for arbitrary storage) but all objects can be delta’d during packing.





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