On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 16:49, C. Michael Pilato <cmpil...@collab.net> wrote: > On 08/26/2011 08:32 AM, Ivan Zhakov wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 15:14, Stefan Sperling <s...@elego.de> wrote: >>> Below is an initial draft of a design for successor-IDs in FSFS. >>> It is a bit long, but I hope it covers all relevant points in >>> sufficient detail. >>> >>> Please share your thoughts on this. I have most likely missed a few things. >>> >>> If we like it I will put it into the repository for further editing, >>> either in notes/ on trunk or onto the fsfs-successor ID branch. >>> >>> If this design has some severe problem I don't mind going back to >>> the drawing board. This is my first shot, afterall :) >>> >> Hi Stefan, >> >> I've may be stupid question: what is the purpose of storing >> fsfs-successor ID? Do we need them for proper handling of >> moves/renames or for something else? > > We need them for forward-direction history searching, move handing, and > answering the top-ten enterprise question "I fixed this bug HERE, but in > what other branches does the same bug exist?" > Mike, thanks for the answer, but I still don't understand how successor ID information could help us with move handling?
-- Ivan Zhakov
