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Range rename

Range rename is a key-value operation that atomically replaces a shared key prefix while preserving the associated values.

BetrFS combines structural changes with prefix encoding. This research primitive is not a generic filesystem or database API. [1]

Relations

related

Full-path indexing, B-epsilon tree, Buffered upsert

Citations

1. Zhan et al. The Full Path to Full-Path Indexing. FAST 2018, pp. 123-138, sections 3-7. (accessed 2026-10-20)

Further reading

2. Full-path indexing: why renaming can move the index (accessed 2026-10-20)

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