[20:23] <Durgeoble> hi
[20:54] <Durgeoble> i have a question, can bazaar lower disk ussage deleting parts of history? for example excel files that only spell changes done for them so olders versions no longer need for nothing
[22:46] <jelmer> hi Durgeoble
[22:47] <jelmer> Durgeoble: in theory it could remove historical data (but leave references in place)
[22:47] <jelmer> but there are no commands that can currently do that AFAIK
[22:57] <Durgeoble> is for space economy, maybe i am wrong, but seems to me if i want to edit a little file, need to download all the repository
[23:10] <jelmer> Durgeoble: if you don't want to download the history, you could use a lightweight checkout or a stacked branch?
[23:12] <Durgeoble> jelmer:  dont know, just viewing how vcs works, seeing bewteen bazaar and git, just for feactures such mail and local offline work
[23:12] <mgz> one of the dvcs shifts was that it's more important to make history generally available than have each operation on a central repo be cheap
[23:13] <mgz> this does tend to break down for binary files which aren't sensibly diffable (like excel files without a filter) because there's basically no useful content in the history, each change is a essentially a whole new zip file
[23:16] <jelmer> Durgeoble: if you're interested in keeping the full history the server but having just the latest few revisions locally, then a stacked branch should be a nice fit
[23:16] <jelmer> any operations that needs to access older history will still require a network connection
[23:16] <jelmer> but e.g. changes that involve recent history won't
[23:30] <Durgeoble> thanks jelmer