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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Change 'Deltifying objects' to 'Delta compressing
	objects'
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:36:45 -0400
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On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 12:24:44PM +1000, David Symonds wrote:

> Forward thinking, that's probably most sensible, since git 4.7 might
> not use delta compression, but maybe wavelet compression, or other
> scheme entirely. Using deltas is an implementation detail, after all.

Git already uses two types of compression (zlib on all objects, deltas
between objects in packfiles). So just saying "compressing" is actually
a bit ambiguous, and I think noting that what we are _actually_ doing
right now is delta compression is worthwhile.

-Peff