Re: git objects directory

From: Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists.git@rawuncut.elitemail.org>
Date: Oct 31, 2005, 16:08 UTC
Message-ID: <20051031160803.GB15802@puritan.petwork>
In-Reply-To: <dk5dgq$isv$1@sea.gmane.org>

Lexington Luthor wrote:

> Can someone please explain why git puts its objects in 256 
> sub-directories of objects instead of directly in the objects directory 
> itself? I am trying to learn git (actually cogito), but I still don't 
> understand  why this structure is used.

Because otherwise there would be a lot of objects (files) in the objects subdirectory, which would cause a lot of problems with many filesystems.

Anyway, you best leave that directory be, but I understand your desire to understand :-).

        nikolai

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