From: Jaap Suter <git@jaapsuter.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:26:08 GMT
Subject: Re: Storing Large Flat Namespaces
Message-ID: <loom.20080908T042124-621@post.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <21d738060809071858p703149ccmbec0276ad4ad8f88@mail.gmail.com>


> I'm investigating the possibility of using Git to store a large flat
> namespace. As an example, imagine a single directory containing
> thousands or millions of files, each named using a 16-byte guid,
> evenly distributed.

I realize that an obvious suggestion may be to figure out if there is a way to 
leverage the internal structure of the files to create a more Git-friendly tree 
layout.

Unfortunately the internal structure is largely opaque to me, and highly 
dynamic.

Thanks,

Jaap