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Re: git objects directory

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Oct 31, 2005, 16:08 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.63.0510311707001.5839@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
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Hi,
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, 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?

Some filesystems have problems with huge directories. And originally the plan was to have all objects as files (now the older ones live in packs).

Hth, Dscho

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