# git objects directory 3 messages from 2005-10-31 to 2005-10-31. Participants: Lexington Luthor, Nikolai Weibull, Johannes Schindelin. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/2281 ## Lexington Luthor, 2005-10-31 15:33 Subject: git objects directory Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/dk5dgq%24isv%241%40sea.gmane.org ``` Hi, Can someone please explain why git puts its objects in 256 sub-directories of objects instead of directly in the objects directory itself? I am trying to learn git (actually cogito), but I still don't understand why this structure is used. What is the point of having the first byte of the hash as the directory name? -- LL ``` ## Nikolai Weibull, 2005-10-31 16:08 Subject: Re: git objects directory Message-ID: <20051031160803.GB15802@puritan.petwork> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20051031160803.GB15802%40puritan.petwork In-Reply-To: ``` 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? I am trying to learn git (actually cogito), but I still don't > understand why this structure is used. Because otherwise there would be a lot of objects (files) in the objects subdirectory, which would cause a lot of problems with many filesystems. Anyway, you best leave that directory be, but I understand your desire to understand :-). nikolai -- Nikolai Weibull: now available free of charge at http://bitwi.se/! Born in Chicago, IL USA; currently residing in Gothenburg, Sweden. main(){printf(&linux["\021%six\012\0"],(linux)["have"]+"fun"-97);} ``` ## Johannes Schindelin, 2005-10-31 16:08 Subject: Re: git objects directory Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/Pine.LNX.4.63.0510311707001.5839%40wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de In-Reply-To: ``` 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 ```