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Re: Handling large files with GIT

From
Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>
Date
Feb 13, 2006, 06:07 UTC
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On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 00:55 -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
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> Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > I've never used maildir layout, but if it is a couple of large _flat_ 
> > subdirectories,
> 
> That's what it is :/   One directory per mail folder, with each email an 
> individual file in that dir.

and, named to include a hash of the contents so that they are always unique within a multi-folder mail store (makes refile easier).

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keith.packard@intel.com
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Message 34 of 39 in “Handling large files with GIT”
  1. Martin LanghoffFeb 8, 2006
  2. Johannes SchindelinFeb 8, 2006
  3. Linus TorvaldsFeb 8, 2006
  4. Linus TorvaldsFeb 8, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 8, 2006
  6. Florian WeimerFeb 8, 2006
  7. Martin LanghoffFeb 8, 2006
  8. Ben CliffordFeb 13, 2006
  9. Linus TorvaldsFeb 13, 2006
  10. Linus TorvaldsFeb 13, 2006
  11. Linus TorvaldsFeb 13, 2006
  12. Ian MoltonFeb 13, 2006
  13. Martin LanghoffFeb 13, 2006
  14. Johannes SchindelinFeb 14, 2006
  15. Linus TorvaldsFeb 14, 2006
  16. Sam VilainFeb 14, 2006
  17. Linus TorvaldsFeb 14, 2006
  18. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2006
  19. Sam VilainFeb 15, 2006
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2006
  21. Sam VilainFeb 15, 2006
  22. Martin LanghoffFeb 15, 2006
  23. Linus TorvaldsFeb 15, 2006
  24. Linus TorvaldsFeb 15, 2006
  25. Linus TorvaldsFeb 15, 2006
  26. Linus TorvaldsFeb 15, 2006
  27. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2006
  28. Linus TorvaldsFeb 15, 2006
  29. Linus TorvaldsFeb 15, 2006
  30. Linus TorvaldsFeb 16, 2006
  31. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2006
  32. Fredrik KuivinenFeb 16, 2006
  33. Jeff GarzikFeb 13, 2006
  34. Keith PackardFeb 13, 2006
  35. Martin LanghoffFeb 14, 2006
  36. Linus TorvaldsFeb 13, 2006
  37. Martin LanghoffFeb 13, 2006
  38. Greg KHFeb 9, 2006
  39. Martin LanghoffFeb 9, 2006

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