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From: "J.C. Pizarro" <jcpiza@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: How small is git-packed mailing list vs zipped mailing list?
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:34:54 +0100
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On 2008/2/23, J.C. Pizarro <jcpiza@gmail.com>, i wrote:
> Not all inside of git repository data is source code used for
>  versioning control, but the mailing lists are pushed too into git repo!
>
>  Is there any idea of
>
>  How small is a git packed mailing list vs zipped mailing list?
>
>    ;)
>

It thanks to the delta scheme, minimum spanning tree and zlib of the git packer.

1. For git, it's better to commit splitted monthly-files
     (the atomic messages have some redundancy in the replies and forwards).

2. For zip, it's better to zip non-splitted monthly-files.