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Revision as of 15:06, 16 October 2011
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** When pulling fgdata, one won't have to download several gigs of aircraft data. People will have to pull the base package, but any additional aircraft will be optional. | ** When pulling fgdata, one won't have to download several gigs of aircraft data. People will have to pull the base package, but any additional aircraft will be optional. | ||
** It will be easier for aircraft authors to check the history of their aircraft. | ** It will be easier for aircraft authors to check the history of their aircraft. | ||
** Commiting will go faster, because Git will no longer have to check those thousands of files to see whether they were edited. | |||
* '''Disadvantages''' | * '''Disadvantages''' | ||
** It will be harder to keep a local up to date copy of all aircraft. No more "git pull" to fetch all the latest updates. | ** It will be harder to keep a local up to date copy of all aircraft. No more "git pull" to fetch all the latest updates. | ||