Speed up syncing of modified versions of existing files.

One simple way is to find the key of the old version of a file that's being transferred, so it can be used as the basis for rsync, or any other similar transfer protocol.

For remotes that don't use rsync, a poor man's version could be had by chunking each object into multiple parts. Only modified parts need be transferred. Sort of sub-keys to the main key being stored.

zsync.moria.org.uk may have broken some of the ground here.
Comment by Vincent Mon Sep 10 08:35:45 2012
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