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== Revision purging == | == Revision purging == | ||
Clients keep the current revision of a doc in shadow couchdb. Since clients don't directly replicate with each other, there is no need for them to keep any more history than that. The server keeps the revision known to the client that is the furthest behind in replication. | Clients keep the current revision of a doc in shadow couchdb. Since clients don't directly replicate with each other, there is no need for them to keep any more history than that. The server keeps the revision known to the client that is the furthest behind in replication. This is needed in case we ever want to do any kind of merging of docs. | ||
== Notifications == | == Notifications == | ||