Compress vCard files (.vcard/.vcf)

vCard file are basically text files, therefore, they compress quite nicely. Also, browsers don't seem to encounter any problems when these types of files are served compressed.
h5bp · Oct 16, 2014 · a076635 · a076635
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ### HEAD
 
-* Serve `.vcf` and `.vcard` file with the `text/vcard` media type.
+* Compress vCard files (`.vcard`/`.vcf`).
+* Serve vCard files (`.vcard`/`.vcf`) with the `text/vcard` media type
+  [[104f232](https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs-apache/commit/104f232dad100ddd5c8cf0c354c2bcd163a6b915)].
 * Add configs for BlackBerry Maps location documents (`.xloc`)
   [[20000d1](https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs-apache/commit/20000d1741701eede2e0903b2b86992d8b70c35a)].
 * Add configs for BlackBerry App World files (`.bbaw`)
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@
 
 ### 2.5.0 (June 14, 2014)
 
-* Compress cache manifest files (`.appcache` / `.manifest`)
+* Compress cache manifest files (`.appcache`/`.manifest`)
   [[d819fec](https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs-apache/commit/d819fecd81e1d23fb5f153995f573890b037a82c)].
 * Move all compression related configs under the `Compression` section
   [[73a107e](https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs-apache/commit/73a107ed0cb9ae4b3ec966e8e246b7a6f4bbd059)].

diff --git a/dist/.htaccess b/dist/.htaccess
@@ -722,6 +722,7 @@ AddDefaultCharset utf-8
                                       "text/html" \
                                       "text/javascript" \
                                       "text/plain" \
+                                      "text/vcard" \
                                       "text/vnd.rim.location.xloc" \
                                       "text/vtt" \
                                       "text/x-component" \

diff --git a/src/web_performance/compression.conf b/src/web_performance/compression.conf
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
                                       "text/html" \
                                       "text/javascript" \
                                       "text/plain" \
+                                      "text/vcard" \
                                       "text/vnd.rim.location.xloc" \
                                       "text/vtt" \
                                       "text/x-component" \

diff --git a/test/fixtures/.htaccess b/test/fixtures/.htaccess
@@ -675,6 +675,7 @@ AddDefaultCharset utf-8
                                       "text/html" \
                                       "text/javascript" \
                                       "text/plain" \
+                                      "text/vcard" \
                                       "text/vnd.rim.location.xloc" \
                                       "text/vtt" \
                                       "text/x-component" \

diff --git a/test/tests.js b/test/tests.js
@@ -442,14 +442,12 @@ exports = module.exports = {
 
                 'test.vcard': {
                     responseHeaders: {
-                        'content-encoding': null,
                         'content-type': 'text/vcard'
                     }
                 },
 
                 'test.vcf': {
                     responseHeaders: {
-                        'content-encoding': null,
                         'content-type': 'text/vcard'
                     }
                 },