On Sep 5, 2010, at 6:29 PM, timecop wrote: > On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Andrew Poelstra <as...@sfu.ca> wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 09:18:01PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: >>> >>>> But when each parameter in the file has a name, than file size may >>>> become really large, e.g. for files generated with the topological >>>> router, with lot of arcs. >>> >>> Compression. Either gzip the text file, or use an alternate binary >>> file (smaller *and* faster). >>> >> >> Between the two of those, I think compression is the better option. >> That way there's nothing to keep in sync, external tools and scripts >> simply need to stick a gzip filter on each end, and it's fast. >> >> But I think it should be optional, since if we zip the .pcb files, >> we no longer have simple diffs, which to a lot of people would be >> more important than small files. > > Did you know? > I can name a few modern formats that are .zip and have no problems. > examples: > Office 2010 .docx/xlsx/etc > OpenOffice files > Android apk > Java .jar > A number of closed-source windows games > etc. > > wahh wahh, i cant zip shit wahhhh wahh,, make it a clickable options > in preferences and those who "diff" their PCB designs are welcome to > keep them uncompressed
First grow up, you are the one crying.... And here is the solution for making the version control with git understand a zipped pcb file. http://the-gay-bar.com/2010/06/23/managing-zip-based-file-formats-in-git/ In summary you tell git that to diff the file it needs to me unzipped first. Steve > >> >> >> Andrew >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> geda-user mailing list >> geda-user@moria.seul.org >> http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user >> > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
