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Re: inotify daemon speedup for git [POC/HACK]

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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 28, 2010, 06:06 UTC
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Sverre Rabbelier wrote:
> Also, sqlite is known to scale, is exactly one file
> worth of dependency, what's not to love (other than having to support
> upgrading to 'index vSqlite').

The frequent fsync()-ing. Though that seems to be a problem with pretty much anything that does not involve rewriting the index with each change.

Maybe filesystems will cope better soon. :)
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  2. Avery PennarunJul 27, 2010
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  5. Shawn O. PearceJul 28, 2010
  6. Avery PennarunJul 28, 2010
  7. Joshua JuranJul 28, 2010
  8. Avery PennarunJul 28, 2010
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  10. Jonathan NiederJul 28, 2010
  11. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 28, 2010
  12. Theodore TsoJul 28, 2010
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  14. Enrico WeigeltAug 13, 2010
  15. Jakub NarebskiJul 28, 2010
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  17. Enrico WeigeltAug 13, 2010
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