Re: [PATCH] Change softrefs file format from text (82 bytes per entry) to binary (40 bytes per entry)

Hi,

On Sat, 9 Jun 2007, Johan Herland wrote:

The text-based softrefs file format uses 82 bytes per entry (40 bytes 
from_sha1 in hex, 1 byte SP, 40 bytes to_sha1 in hex, 1 byte LF).

The binary softrefs file format uses 40 bytes per entry (20 bytes 
from_sha1, 20 bytes to_sha1).

Moving to a binary format increases performance slightly, but sacrifices 
easy readability of the softrefs files.

It is bad style to introduce one type, and then change it to another in a 
backwards-incompatible way. Either you make it backwards compatible, or 
you start with the second format, never even mentioning that you had 
another format.

Ciao,
Dscho