Re: Way to minimize number of svn files on a hardrive? - compress; links

Hello!

MikeW schrieb:
> (e.g. "Use link if working copy not modified")

That causes a hen and egg problem. WC file modifications are made by
other applications, e.g. text editor, and not by Subversion. When using
a link Subversion has no chance to compare what has been modified. Only
a timestamp and possibly a hash value of the last known file status
could be preserved (and stored in lots of small files...).

If the link directly points to the working copy file it will never be
detected as being modified because that is the concept of links. The
behaviour of hard links depends on how the file is accessed:
1. directly modify old file
2. rename old file, copy it to the original location, modify it
3. overwrite old file without keeping the original one

Regards
Andreas Schweigstill

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