DVdvfjsdhgfv·Jun 8, 2021Submission
SnowFS – a fast, scalable version control file storage for graphic files
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6 sourcesOh I'm not talking about disks... this is based on how SnowFS (the library for this project) splits up big files into chunks:
https://github.com/Snowtrack/SnowFS/blob/main/src/common.ts#...
The intent is a simple form of delta encoding, the hope is that many chunks will be common between two versions.
In Snowtrack – a new version control software for graphic designers and 3D artistsI am currently working on the compression, as it is not complete yet. The 100 MB is indeed excessive but the window is dynamic and can differ from file to file since it is written to a `*.hblock` file which is stored next to the object in the object database https://github.com/Snowtrack/SnowFS/blob/03e5f839326e666c891...
Let me explain where the 100 MB window comes from as its not only related to the upcoming compression implementation. Some graphic applications touch the timestamps of their files for no reason, making it harder to detect if a file changed. But some file formats always change their 'header' or 'footer'. Means, comparing the hash of the first or last 100 MB of a file that is 8GB in size gives a great performance boost to detect if a file got modified.
In Snowtrack – a new version control software for graphic designers and 3D artistsGreat idea! I've to admit my knowledge about Mercurial is very rusty. Could you help out on that? May I invite you to share some insights in the discussion board of the project? https://github.com/Snowtrack/SnowFS/discussions
In Snowtrack – a new version control software for graphic designers and 3D artistshttps://web.archive.org/web/20210608090928/https://snowtrack...
"Snowtrack is based on our open-source community project": https://github.com/snowtrack/snowfs
In Snowtrack – a new version control software for graphic designers and 3D artistsSnowFS – a fast, scalable version control file storage for graphic files
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