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Re: simple performance question on CVS


From: Larry Jones
Subject: Re: simple performance question on CVS
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 20:23:38 -0400 (EDT)

Mark D. Baushke writes:
> 
> It does show that the SCCS file format includes a checksum which I
> really wish that the RCS format had as well. Some of the NFS corruptions
> that have hit folks over the years would have been found more quickly if
> it had this feature... oh well.

The trade-off is that you have to read the entire file in order to
verify the checksum.  Since SCCS has to read the entire file anyway,
there's no additional overhead.  RCS, on the other hand, doesn't have to
read all of the diffs, particularly if you're just checking out the head
revision which, in the RCS philosophy, is by far the most common
operation.

-Larry Jones

Wow, how existential can you get? -- Hobbes




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