What does FSFS stand for as related to subversion?

Question

I have scoured the internet looking for a clear answer and cannot find one. What does it stand for? I am currently trying to set up a new repo for our development team and I would like to know what this term means.

Md

Answer 1

FSFS stands for a "filesystem atop of the filesystem" or in the original Subversion 1.1. release notes when FSFS was released, "...a Filesystem implementation that uses the OS filesystem to store data".

Traumatize

Answer 2

I think it's File system file system - which seems silly. the red book don't actually define it

Tadashi

It doesn't sound silly to me, as it implements a versioned file system on top of a "normal" file system, as opposed to storing it in a Berkeley DB as before. – Encratis

@ThorstenSchöning, Why Berkeley? Shouldn't MySQLite be the candidate in mind? – Politico

Please read the question, it's about Subversion and they have chosen Berkely in the past. – Encratis

@Politico Assuming MySQLite is a typo and you meant SQLite, it was not an option when SVN was first created. Both projects started in 2000. – Immolation