Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: implicit discussion

[Aaron Bentley]

Martin Pool wrote:

> On 16 Apr 2004, Miles Bader <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>
> > (2) Don't bloat up your disk with tons of small-files-that-the-file-
> >     system-makes-large (and even if _you_ use reiserfs or whatever,
> >     consider your other developers -- some of who might be stuck using
> >     ext2).
>
>
> Of course since you will usually have a whole second copy of the tree
> as a pristine or library, the cost of the ids will usually be
> relatively small.

The cost of the ids will be the same in the second copy as in the first. 
   (though if you do get --link, your "second copy" won't take nearly 
as much space as the first.)

The id wastes one block.  If your file average file is ten blocks long, 
that's a 10% waste, but at least it scales with number of files, not 
with number of commits, like the patchlogs.

Aaron