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Re:Git’s database internals I: packed object store by NavinF on Monday August 29, 2022 @04:01PM (#32642835)
> I never realized it stored a copy every time, I assumed it used diffs

git does store diffs. People are confusing the logical representation with the on-disk layout.

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