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Git-Style Document Revision History Schema

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ER diagram of document versioning showing documents, commits, parent commit links, snapshots, and delta patches.
ER diagram of document versioning showing documents, commits, parent commit links, snapshots, and delta patches.
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What it shows

  • Commits form a directed acyclic graph pointing to parent revisions.
  • Store delta diffs for small edits and periodic snapshots for fast rollbacks.
  • Immutable commits guarantee an untampered audit log of editor actions.

The takeaway

Combine incremental deltas with periodic full snapshots to get instant point-in-time recovery.

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