You‘re right. Repacking is just an optimization.
Speaking in the naive analogy, you don‘t need to compress the backup folders after all. It‘s an optimization to save disk space.
As suggested in a comment to the original article, this analogy might a bit misleading...
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You‘re right. Repacking is just an optimization.
Speaking in the naive analogy, you don‘t need to compress the backup folders after all. It‘s an optimization to save disk space.
As suggested in a comment to the original article, this analogy might a bit misleading...