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Re: [Issue 1525] Use new "entity ID" notion instead of "committed rev"

From: Greg Hudson <ghudson_at_MIT.EDU>
Date: 2004-06-28 07:59:56 CEST

On Mon, 2004-06-28 at 01:52, Branko Èibej wrote:
> The point here is that the current branch ID generation scheme is a)
> compliated, and b) has subtle, non-obvious side effects, but doesn't
> have /any/ benefits (that I can see) over the simpler numbering within
> node ID.

It minimizes copies table entries, and its semantics may be important
for the FS history code. If you're considering an alternate schema with
copy IDs subsidiary to node IDs, make sure to work out how the history
functions will work.

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