From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Ericsson Subject: Re: Git's database structure Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:51:43 +0200 Message-ID: <46DDA93F.7050009@op5.se> References: <9e4733910709040823k731f0ffchba1f93bdb4a8373d@mail.gmail.com> <9e4733910709041030ye912369nd574a5f78d3f521b@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Julian Phillips , Git Mailing List To: Jon Smirl X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Sep 04 20:51:56 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ISdV9-0004iM-O3 for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:51:52 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752079AbXIDSvr (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Sep 2007 14:51:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752043AbXIDSvr (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Sep 2007 14:51:47 -0400 Received: from mail.op5.se ([193.201.96.20]:43895 "EHLO mail.op5.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751954AbXIDSvq (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Sep 2007 14:51:46 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.op5.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A97A1943F9; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 20:51:45 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Score: -4.399 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.399 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from mail.op5.se ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.op5.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Wiok5NMEji6u; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 20:51:44 +0200 (CEST) Received: from nox.op5.se (unknown [172.27.77.30]) by mail.op5.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 602FC1943B4; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 20:51:44 +0200 (CEST) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070719) In-Reply-To: <9e4733910709041030ye912369nd574a5f78d3f521b@mail.gmail.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Jon Smirl wrote: > > I'm not proposing a change to data being stored in git, it is a > proposal to consider the impacts of how this data has been normalized > in the data store. > But to what end? We all *know* the impacts: * Excellent performance at what it does now. * Currently zero capability to replace google as the #1 search engine. Since replacing google's db was never, and will never, be the goal of git, what is it you wish to achieve? Seriously, I'm dying to know, so please tell me. If you have already and I'm too daft to understand it, humor me and reiterate :-) -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231