Bert Huijben wrote: >> Author: julianfoad >> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1712600&view=rev >> Log: >> * subversion/include/svn_fs.h >> (svn_fs_txns group): Remove an obsolete comment about transaction names. >> It described a naming scheme introduced in r865504 and removed in >> r865943. [...] >> * >> * The Subversion filesystem will make a best effort to not reuse >> - * transaction names. The Berkeley DB backend generates transaction >> - * names using a sequence, or a counter, which is stored in the BDB >> + * transaction names. The BDB and FSFS backends generate transaction >> + * names using a sequence, or a counter, which is stored in the >> * database. Each new transaction increments the counter. The >> * current value of the counter is not serialized into a filesystem >> * dump file, so dumping and restoring the repository will reset the >> - * sequence and reuse transaction names. The FSFS backend generates a >> - * transaction name using the hostname, process ID and current time in >> - * microseconds since 00:00:00 January 1, 1970 UTC. So it is >> - * extremely unlikely that a transaction name will be reused. >> + * sequence and reuse transaction names. > > I would have said it 'may' reuse transaction names. > > I don't think we promise that they will actually be reused or not. And > perhaps the format may change again in the future.
Good point. r1712828. - Julian - Julian
