From: Enrico Weigelt Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 05:02:58 GMT Subject: Re: GIT as binary repository Message-ID: <20101022050257.GB27179@nibiru.local> In-Reply-To: * Shawn Pearce wrote: > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Enrico Weigelt wrote: > > BTW: how are the current tree objects structured ? Is there always > > one big tree object representing the whole tree or can it be > > splitted hierachically ? > > Trees in the repository are split hierarchically, but its a flat list > in the dircache/index file (aka $GIT_DIR/index). Good. That should allow optimizations for large trees w/o having to change object formats. What about splitted blobs ? Is this supported by the object format right now ? cu -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ phone: +49 36207 519931 email: weigelt@metux.de mobile: +49 151 27565287 icq: 210169427 skype: nekrad666 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme ----------------------------------------------------------------------