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Despite the fact that GIT does NOT store file deltas, can you still rollback to previous file versions (unlimited times?)

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I've read that Git does not store file deltas. If this is true, how does it support file rollback to previous versions? If it's storing the entire file the repository space on disk must grow to be unmanageably large. Does Git support file rollbacks and diff(s) back to file version 1? Does it even sā€¦

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Fix for: Despite the fact that GIT does NOT store file deltas, can you still rollback to previous file versions (unlimited times?)

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Git does not throw away information on its own*. All previous versions of every file are always available for reverts, diffs, inspections, et cetera. Whole-tree versus Individual-files What you may be trying to reconcile is the idea of accessing an ā€¦

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