Uncompress OpenOffice files for better storage in version control

Question

I\'ve heard discussion about how OpenOffice (ODF) files are compressed zip files of XML and other data. So making a tiny change to the file can potentially totally change th

Answer 1

You may consider to store documents in FODT-format - flat XML format.
This is relatively new alternative solution available.

Document is just stored unzipped.

More info is available at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Libreoffice_and_subversion.