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		est 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CDC File Transfer I wonder if this could be applied to git. The git blob was hashed with a header of decimal length, and you change a slight bit of content, you have to calculate the hash from start again. Something like CDC would improve this alot.

oac 4 months ago | [–]

It's done in xet as a replacement for git lfs: https://huggingface.co/blog/from-files-to-chunks

pabs3 4 months ago | [–]

Backup tools like restic/borg do this, I wonder if anyone has used them to replace git yet.

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