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Lexington Luthor wrote:

> Can someone please explain why git puts its objects in 256 
> sub-directories of objects instead of directly in the objects directory 
> itself? I am trying to learn git (actually cogito), but I still don't 
> understand  why this structure is used.

Because otherwise there would be a lot of objects (files) in the
objects subdirectory, which would cause a lot of problems with many
filesystems.

Anyway, you best leave that directory be, but I understand your desire
to understand :-).

        nikolai

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