Centralize all wikihistory.json files, maybe?

Pros:

• We might be able to read it all in in one sweep instead of having to open the local ./wikihistory.json file each time we’re in processFolder in the builder.
• Fewer files for the watcher to watch.
• Just generally lest files when navigating around in the tree.
• Putting it all in one big file means less disk usage since individual files weigh more on disk than their size in bytes (due to all the metadata (access time, modification time, creation time, permissions))

Cons:

• When you move a tree (or a folder for that matter) you need to mutate this one massive file each time rather than just letting it be moved.
• Our git history won’t ever forget so now we’re going to have that in our history and as centralized files.
• It might be hard/cumbersome when it’s so large but it’s never meant for humans to mess with anyway.
• Just like this.allRedirects this will mean more in-memory head usage.

Notes/Ideas:

• It might be worth checking in to git in .gz (e.g. content/files/en-us/_wikihistory.json.gz) since it’ll compress really well and it means less weight in the git repo. Also, it “sends a message” that you’re never supposed to manually edit it.

[peterbe]

The new importer is in place and I checked in all the new content in: https://github.com/mdn/yari/commit/165c30967e58a40cf578edf282c80f840a9b685b

So now you can see: No wikihistory.json Instead, it’s all in this beast

We can close this issue once I’ve updated the code that needs to rewrite that file after you rename something from the Toolbar.

[peterbe]

Done.