On 03.01.2018 22:04, Bo Berglund wrote: > On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 21:16:02 +0100, Branko ?ibej <br...@apache.org> > wrote: > >> And there's your answer to the question of day to day performance of the >> repository: Subversion also has to open many vs. just one file when its >> reading historical revisions, so packing will definitely help to reduce >> the number of directory lookups and file opens (the latter are >> notoriously slow on Windows). Depending on usage patterns, the >> performance boost may be significant. > THat seems to be a valid cause for using the function then! > I will look at my new converted repository in view of this info. > Thanks!
It's safe to create a post-commit hook that runs 'svnadmin pack' asynchrouously, or schedule a task that does that (hourly or daily, depending on your needs). The operation is cheap if it has nothing to do. -- Brane
