On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:23:03 -0500 "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 10:33:45AM -0000, Pete Clarke wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > I have a CVS repository (hosted on Debian Sarge 3.1), and one of the > > directories has grown in size from a few thousand files, to over 11,000. > > The result of this is, if a wide ranging change is made, the CVS client > > throws a fit and errors with a protocol error - too many parameters. > > This may not be the place to ask, but does anyone know what the actual > > limit is? And is it per repository, or on a directory-wide basis? > > I guess if it's a directory limit, I can arrange to have the files > > segregated - but I am not the only user of the repository so that'd have to > > be agreed internally. > > > Have you considered trying to switch to subversion? I believe that its > limitation is whatever the filesystem can handle. > We are talking about a transaction limit, not a repository limit. I don't know if subversion has such limits, but cvs can handle directories with a lot of files, you just can't update them all at once. > Regards, > > -Roberto > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]