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Subject: Re: Subversion equivalent to VSS diff for binary files
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On Oct 18, 2010, at 09:25, Daniel Shahaf wrote:

>> However, binary files are a bit different. Changing one line in a =
file
>> and then compiling it may cause a cascade of changes, so the =
resulting
>> difference between the previous revision of the binary and current
>> version of the binary are quite huge.
>=20
> Seems to me the solution is "Don't store your binaries in Subversion".

The resulting difference MIGHT be quite huge, but it doesn't have to be. =
It depends entirely on the particular binary file format you're talking =
about.