[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawm_YXzEdPHzbSGVwtmTR7g1BqDtTnIBB5s"
 nickname="Matthias"
 subject="Over-long pathnames?"
 date="2015-01-06T09:41:03Z"
 content="""
the SHA* backends generate too-complicated paths:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 193 Apr 22  2009 test.ogg -> ../../../.git/annex/objects/fX/pz/SHA256-s71983--4a55ff578b4c592c06a1f4d9e0f8a6949ea9961d9717fc22e7b3c412620ac890/SHA256-s71983--4a55ff578b4c592c06a1f4d9e0f8a6949ea9961d9717fc22e7b3c412620ac890

I don't want the additional directory. What is it for?? It contains exactly one file and adds a couple of disk seeks to file lookup.
"""]]