[Gnu-arch-users] Re: problem with ,,inode-sigs optimization

[Miles Bader]

I wrote:
> Some idea for solving it --
> 
>  (1) Have replay/update/whatever update ,,inode-sigs;
> 
>  (2) Don't keep per-revision state at all, just keep single per-version
>      state-file in ,,inode-sigs.

Oh, wait, I was confused.  (2) doesn't make any sense (I seem to have
been thinking about things backwards), so I guess it's gotta be (1)...

Bloat's still an issue though, so it seems as if it should be pruning
these things after a while, perhaps in conjunction with the associated
pristine tree.

-Miles
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