[PATCH 1 of 2 censor RFC] revlog: special case expanding full-replacement deltas received by exchange

[Michael Edgar]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 5:02 PM, Martin von Zweigbergk <
martinvonz at google.com> wrote:

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> On Tue Feb 10 2015 at 1:40:34 PM Mike Edgar <adgar at google.com> wrote:
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>> +            # special case deltas which replace entire base; no need to
>> decode
>> +            # base revision, which is cheaper and neatly avoids censored
>> bases.
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>
> Is it noticeably cheaper? Would it be most useful on binary content? And
> least useful on big files with small changes? I'm asking mostly out of
> curiosity; I'm not really worried about the cost.
>
>
I'm actually going to remove that "cheaper" bit from the comment, because
the point of the change is solely to support censored base revisions. And
in so doing, dodge answering a question to which I don't have the answer :)


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