docs: note that ShardingEnabled is a global flag
People may assume that HAMT gets enabled only for directories over some arbitrary threshold. This is not the case. Right now it is a global setting which will impact the final CID of all directories produced by ipfs.add.
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### State
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Experimental
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-Allows creating directories with an unlimited number of entries - currently
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-size of unixfs directories is limited by the maximum block size
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+Allows creating directories with an unlimited number of entries.
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+**Caveats:**
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+1. right now it is a GLOBAL FLAG which will impact the final CID of all directories produced by `ipfs.add` (even the small ones)
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+2. currently size of unixfs directories is limited by the maximum block size
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### Basic Usage:
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