* git objects directory
@ 2005-10-31 15:33 Lexington Luthor
2005-10-31 16:08 ` Nikolai Weibull
2005-10-31 16:08 ` Johannes Schindelin
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From: Lexington Luthor @ 2005-10-31 15:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
Hi,
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.
What is the point of having the first byte of the hash as the directory
name?
-- LL
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* Re: git objects directory
2005-10-31 15:33 git objects directory Lexington Luthor
@ 2005-10-31 16:08 ` Nikolai Weibull
2005-10-31 16:08 ` Johannes Schindelin
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From: Nikolai Weibull @ 2005-10-31 16:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
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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2005-10-31 15:33 git objects directory Lexington Luthor
2005-10-31 16:08 ` Nikolai Weibull
@ 2005-10-31 16:08 ` Johannes Schindelin
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From: Johannes Schindelin @ 2005-10-31 16:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lexington Luthor; +Cc: git
Hi,
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, 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?
Some filesystems have problems with huge directories. And originally the
plan was to have all objects as files (now the older ones live in packs).
Hth,
Dscho
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