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Asked: 2026-05-11T03:57:53+00:00

I was wondering whether SVN actually compresses the binary content on the server during

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I was wondering whether SVN actually compresses the binary content on the server during Commits? I know that the binary store the diffgrams for comparison and versioning but wondered whether a new file commited would occupy the same volume on the server as it does on the client pc?

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  1. I believe so.

    From here: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/INSTALL

      * libz  (REQUIRED for client and server) 
         Subversion uses zlib for compressing binary differences.      These diff streams are used everywhere -- over the network,      in the repository, and in the client's working copy.
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