> It is all a changing of thinking - for example, never truncate logfiles, > as truncating them actually uses more space in venti than just letting them > grow. > > never worry about cloneing large directories, its (almost) free.
in my mind these are not related to the content-addressed storage feature of venti, but rather the idea that storage is practically infinite. > if you have big files you don't want to keep in venti use chmod -t on them > to stop archiving (keep the file in fossil only). This means they are not > backed up > in venti but I find it helpful for things like downloaded ISO files where they > can be easily regenerated. keeping the fact that storage is infinte in mind, i don't understand +t. it breaks the model, without a big benefit. the n/other model announces itself as non-archived storage, and won't be lost if fossil is recovered from archive. - erik
