Re: Can svn_fs_copy() copy from txn nodes in the same txn?

Ph. Marek wrote:
> But what issue 2286 is about, is to store identical files only once in the
> repository. Whether the repository layer itself find the identity-ness (eg.
> by MD5 lookup), or whether the client send some kind of "svn:link"="rev:file"
> on commit, to achieve data linking (and space savings), is to be discussed.
>
> Sure, that's not strictly necessary for a versioning system - but it might
> save an appreciable amount of space, even for sourcecode-only repositories.
>
> And it gets more important if you keep 2GB videos instead of 20kB textfiles.

*nod*

Agreed: anything we can do to improve the storage footprint without
sacrificing version control functionality would be wonderful and to the
benefit of all.

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