> On Aug 11, 2011, at 12:21, Andy Levy wrote: > > > I'm trying to find the documentation (release notes, CHANGES file) to > > corroborate Bob's description of how Sparse Directories work with > > pre-1.6 servers, but I can't. I have the same recollection he does - > > that you're still downloading everything and just discarding the items > > that don't match the depth you've set. I see the same behavior with my > > 1.5.2 server and 1.6 clients. > > http://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.5.html#sc-compat >
Thanks for that. I was close. It is actually pre 1.5 servers that will still send all the data. And the OP is running 1.4... perhaps if he upgrades to 1.6 and the perf is improved he won't struggle as much with sparse directories. BOb
