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diff --git a/plumbing/format/packfile/diff_delta.go b/plumbing/format/packfile/diff_delta.go
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+package packfile
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+
+	"gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4/plumbing"
+)
+
+// See https://github.com/jelmer/dulwich/blob/master/dulwich/pack.py and
+// https://github.com/tarruda/node-git-core/blob/master/src/js/delta.js
+// for more info
+
+const (
+	maxCopyLen = 0xffff
+)
+
+// GetDelta returns the way of how to transform base object to target object
+func GetDelta(base, target plumbing.Object) ([]byte, error) {
+	baseReader, err := base.Reader()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	targetReader, err := target.Reader()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	baseBuf, err := ioutil.ReadAll(baseReader)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	targetBuf, err := ioutil.ReadAll(targetReader)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return DiffDelta(baseBuf, targetBuf), nil
+}
+
+// DiffDelta returns the way of how to transform baseBuf to targetBuf
+func DiffDelta(baseBuf []byte, targetBuf []byte) []byte {
+	var outBuff []byte
+
+	outBuff = append(outBuff, deltaEncodeSize(len(baseBuf))...)
+	outBuff = append(outBuff, deltaEncodeSize(len(targetBuf))...)
+
+	sm := newMatcher(baseBuf, targetBuf)
+	for _, op := range sm.GetOpCodes() {
+		switch {
+		case op.Tag == tagEqual:
+			copyStart := op.I1
+			copyLen := op.I2 - op.I1
+			for {
+				if copyLen <= 0 {
+					break
+				}
+				var toCopy int
+				if copyLen < maxCopyLen {
+					toCopy = copyLen
+				} else {
+					toCopy = maxCopyLen
+				}
+
+				outBuff = append(outBuff, encodeCopyOperation(copyStart, toCopy)...)
+				copyStart += toCopy
+				copyLen -= toCopy
+			}
+		case op.Tag == tagReplace || op.Tag == tagInsert:
+			s := op.J2 - op.J1
+			o := op.J1
+			for {
+				if s <= 127 {
+					break
+				}
+				outBuff = append(outBuff, byte(127))
+				outBuff = append(outBuff, targetBuf[o:o+127]...)
+				s -= 127
+				o += 127
+			}
+			outBuff = append(outBuff, byte(s))
+			outBuff = append(outBuff, targetBuf[o:o+s]...)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return outBuff
+}
+
+func deltaEncodeSize(size int) []byte {
+	var ret []byte
+	c := size & 0x7f
+	size >>= 7
+	for {
+		if size == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+
+		ret = append(ret, byte(c|0x80))
+		c = size & 0x7f
+		size >>= 7
+	}
+	ret = append(ret, byte(c))
+
+	return ret
+}
+
+func encodeCopyOperation(offset, length int) []byte {
+	code := 0x80
+	var opcodes []byte
+
+	if offset&0xff != 0 {
+		opcodes = append(opcodes, byte(offset&0xff))
+		code |= 0x01
+	}
+
+	if offset&0xff00 != 0 {
+		opcodes = append(opcodes, byte((offset&0xff00)>>8))
+		code |= 0x02
+	}
+
+	if offset&0xff0000 != 0 {
+		opcodes = append(opcodes, byte((offset&0xff0000)>>16))
+		code |= 0x04
+	}
+
+	if offset&0xff000000 != 0 {
+		opcodes = append(opcodes, byte((offset&0xff000000)>>24))
+		code |= 0x08
+	}
+
+	if length&0xff != 0 {
+		opcodes = append(opcodes, byte(length&0xff))
+		code |= 0x10
+	}
+
+	if length&0xff00 != 0 {
+		opcodes = append(opcodes, byte((length&0xff00)>>8))
+		code |= 0x20
+	}
+
+	if length&0xff0000 != 0 {
+		opcodes = append(opcodes, byte((length&0xff0000)>>16))
+		code |= 0x40
+	}
+
+	return append([]byte{byte(code)}, opcodes...)
+}