Re: Subversion branch deltification policy is more space-hungry than CVS

Max Bowsher wrote:

> 5. Examine the repository. Observe that there are multiple fulltexts stored
> per file. One for HEAD of /trunk, one for HEAD of /branches/foo.

Since "branch" is a concept that exists only in the mind of the developer, that
makes sense. A copy of any file in the repository is a node copy only until
that file is changed, when it becomes a fully populated node, hence a "second"
fulltext. Unless you are saying that all copies with history should be stored
as a delta from the original, there is nothing odd about this revelation.

For large repositories with lots of tags/branches, where the branches and tags
are largely unmodified copies, the space-savings (for node copies) should vastly
outweigh any additional fulltexts for modified branch copies (with fulltexts).

As I understand the cvs2svn issue, when a branch is created, the files are _not_
copied from the trunk, so you wind up having fulltexts for all branch files, not
just for modified branch files. That is a big problem.

John

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