Small datapoint

[Ivan Krstic]

Goffredo Baroncelli wrote:
> I have found the same numbers. This is due to the fact that the 
> [s|a]ftp transport allow directory listing. Instead http:// doesn't 
> allow.

I'm sitting here in the peanut gallery, so I might well have missed
something, but why is this a problem?

If having a directory listing is required for efficient branching, we
generate one at commit and stuff it into a known filename, e.g.
.bzr/directory-listing. When branching over a transport that doesn't
support directory listing, we fetch this file, and we're happy, aren't we?

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