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Re: RFC: Flat directory for notes, or fan-out? Both!

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Feb 10, 2009, 17:09 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0902101808310.10279@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
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<20090210164430.GN30949@spearce.org>
Hi,
On Tue, 10 Feb 2009, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
> For the "git database" thing above, I've been contemplating the
> idea of an index stored external from the Git object database.

The whole point of my exercise was to reuse as much as possible of Git's framework. After all, if you store an index external from Git's object database, you go back to reimplementing the whole infrastructure for fetching/merging just for that index.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Johannes SchindelinFeb 9, 2009
  2. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Feb 10, 2009
  3. Jeff KingFeb 10, 2009
  4. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Feb 11, 2009
  5. Linus TorvaldsFeb 11, 2009
  6. Sam VilainFeb 11, 2009
  7. Linus TorvaldsFeb 11, 2009
  8. Sam VilainFeb 11, 2009
  9. Johannes SchindelinFeb 11, 2009
  10. Jeff KingFeb 10, 2009
  11. Johannes SchindelinFeb 10, 2009
  12. Jeff KingFeb 10, 2009
  13. Johannes SchindelinFeb 10, 2009
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2009
  15. Shawn O. PearceFeb 10, 2009
  16. Johannes SchindelinFeb 10, 2009
  17. Shawn O. PearceFeb 10, 2009
  18. Johannes SchindelinFeb 10, 2009
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2009
  20. Shawn O. PearceFeb 10, 2009
  21. Johannes SchindelinFeb 10, 2009
  22. Thomas RastFeb 10, 2009
  23. Thomas RastFeb 10, 2009
  24. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2009
  25. Jeff KingFeb 11, 2009
  26. Johannes SchindelinFeb 11, 2009
  27. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2009
  28. Johannes SchindelinFeb 11, 2009
  29. Shawn O. PearceFeb 10, 2009
  30. Johannes SchindelinFeb 10, 2009
  31. Shawn O. PearceFeb 10, 2009
  32. Sam VilainFeb 11, 2009
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