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Re:Dat – A git-like tool for large datasets by mistursinistur on Friday April 25, 2014 @11:23PM (#7650300)
Nope. Any really large government data is not text -- it's mostly in older open binary formats (e.g. weather data in GRIB from NOAA) or expensive proprietary binary formats (e.g. healthcare data in SAS from CMS).
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