> So far I've seen a fair number of people worrying about the problem, but
> not many people experiencing it.
I suspect that most people are actually using approximately
modern filesystems, where its less likely to be an issue.
On the platform I care about (SCO, which means almost no-one
else does), the FS does indeed slow down drastically after
4096 inodes in a directory. Its a nice exponential degradation
for each multiple of 4096 inodes.
> * Provide a Python script to convert an existing repository to the new
> layout. (An sh script would be simpler, but wouldn't work on Windows.)
I could do almost all the rest except for that bit. I just
dont "get" Python (but admittedly havent tried too hard either).
> We might prefer something simpler; I'm not sure if the load-spreading
> goal of the Squid cache layout is of any great value to a Subversion
> repository. Also, although 2^64 is "plenty" of revisions, the current
> FSFS layout does not impose an upper limit on the number of revisions,
> and it would be nice to keep that property.
The FSFS layout may not impose such a limitation but the data
type for a revision does. In fact, it limits it to 2^31 on
a 32-bit platform or 2^63 on a 64 bit one (its a long int).
So at the point where you must do a sprintf of the revision to
get to the name (%d most likely) the limitation is implied.
I will look at all the other code you pointed me at. Thanks
for the pointers Greg.
Kean
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