minimal diffs from Lite.

This is pure rubbish.  Each method generates exactly one diff (though
in the former case it's a couple of lines longer; BFD).  This is the
argument I expected from you.

   BSDI does it just this way; [...]

I don't give a shit what BSDI does.

   It also makes submitting patches [...]

Nonsense.  I submitted nearly a quarter MB of file system diffs, and not
once was this a problem for me.


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