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Linus Torvalds wrote:

> Taking advantage of those kinds of things is what makes git good at 
> handling software projects. But it wouldn't necessarily be how you lay out 
> a mail directory, for example. An automated file store might want to 
> spread out the changes on purpose.

Indeed...

Im curious as to why anyone would want to use a SCM tool on a mail dir 
anyway - surely no-one edits their pasnt mails and needs to keep logs?

surely incremental backups would be a better way to manage something 
like this ?