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2012-05-28 14:43:27 -04:00
Speed up syncing of modified versions of existing files.
2012-05-26 21:38:25 -04:00
One simple way is to find the key of the old version of a file that's
being transferred, so it can be used as the basis for rsync, or any
other similar transfer protocol.
For remotes that don't use rsync, a poor man's version could be had by
chunking each object into multiple parts. Only modified parts need be
transferred. Sort of sub-keys to the main key being stored.