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diff --git a/misc/xdelta/README b/misc/xdelta/README index 6624fddcd9b1..c7ae24e886be 100644 --- a/misc/xdelta/README +++ b/misc/xdelta/README @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ xdelta - Binary delta generator -Xdelta is a program designed to compute changes between files. These changes -(deltas) are similar to the output of the "diff" program in that they may be -used to store and transmit only the changes between files. However, unlike -diff(1), the output of xdelta is not expressed in a human-readable format. +Xdelta is a program designed to compute changes between files. These +changes (deltas) are similar to the output of the "diff" program in +that they may be used to store and transmit only the changes between +files. However, unlike diff(1), the output of xdelta is not expressed +in a human-readable format. -Xdelta uses a fast, linear algorithm and performs well on both binary and -text files. +Xdelta uses a fast, linear algorithm and performs well on both binary +and text files. |