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Re: Revision Differences

From: Max Bowsher <maxb_at_ukf.net>
Date: 2004-05-21 22:17:32 CEST

andy.glew@amd.com wrote:
> I have gathered that Subversion keeps an entire file
> for the HEAD of every branch that has not been deleted.
> (Gathered this because of some experiments with
> space utilization.)

Almost.
Remove "that has not been deleted".
Add "where the file has been modified at least once on the branch".

Which has consequences for this paragraph:

> If you have lots of active branches and/or tagged versions
> storing a full version at the HEAD of each can waste
> a lot of space,

Replace "active branches" with "branches on which there has been a
significant amount of activity at any point in the past".
Delete "and/or tagged versions" - a tag occupies insignificant space, as
does a branch on which no activity has occurred - this is because subversion
simply stores a reference to the branchpoint. A new fulltext springs into
existence whenever a branched file is first modified.

Max.

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