> - Efficient file transfer protocols. Using rsync might be of
> interest.
I'm not sure how rsync would fit. We are definitely much more sparing
with bytes on the wire than CVS is, though; we always send diffs where
possible, never the complete text of files.
> - Efficient file comparison. When deciding wether a local file is in
> sync with the repository, use md5sum instead of fetching and
> diffing.
What we do at the moment is store a pristine copy of each working copy
file in the admin directory. This allows us to send diffs across the
wire for commits, and to determine whether a file has been modified by
looking at mod times and performing a local diff if they're different.
Unfortunately, it also comes at a 100% space penalty in the working
copy; a checkout of a 1GB source directory will come in at 2GB.
In theory, we will make it an option in some post-1.0 release to omit
the pristine copy in the working copy, and instead use hash checksums
of some kind to decide whether a local file is in sync with the
repository. And, of course, to do a commit the client would have to
send the new complete text rather than send a diff.
> - versions and branches as usual in CVS.
We don't do versions and branches "as usual in CVS." We provide
efficient copies of directories. That's it. If I want to make a
"release branch" of a directory in my repository, I just make a copy
of it with a different name; the copy takes almost no space, but
changes to the mainline won't affect the copy and vice versa. If I
want to make a "release tag" of a directory, I make a copy and set it
non-writeable.
I think this is kind of cool from a theoretical perspective, since it
removes the concept of "branches and tags" from a node, and eliminates
all the conceptual problems associated with them (e.g. what should
happen when you create a new file and want to add it to a branch). I
can only hope that CVS users don't experience too much culture shock.
So far indications are fairly positive.
> - file locking
I don't remember our plans here. I assume we eventually want
something like "cvs watch" and "cvs edit", which you should check out
in CVS if you're not aware of them.
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