Diff to upgrade pfsense

[freebee]

Is possible to use diff to upgrade pfsense versions ?.
The file or files will be very smaller and more easy to upgrade in alternative to "firmware upgrades".

Best Regards.

[dhatz]

Well, one can always use git http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Updating_pfSense_code_between_snapshots
Obviously this only works for the php parts of pfsense, i.e. it won't update the binaries.

However I can't imagine it'd be practical to create diffs which would include updates to system binaries.

[jimp]

There are things that do a binary diff, but it's really not worth the effort. Just use the normal firmware update files, not much reason to rock the boat there and potentially miss or break something.