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authorPeter Eriksen <s022018@student.dtu.dk>2007-03-21 19:43:37 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2007-03-22 03:05:19 -0700
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Documentation/pack-format.txt: Clear up description of types.
Signed-off-by: Peter Eriksen <s022018@student.dtu.dk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ GIT pack format
which looks like this:
(undeltified representation)
- n-byte type and length (4-bit type, (n-1)*7+4-bit length)
+ n-byte type and length (3-bit type, (n-1)*7+4-bit length)
compressed data
(deltified representation)
- n-byte type and length (4-bit type, (n-1)*7+4-bit length)
+ n-byte type and length (3-bit type, (n-1)*7+4-bit length)
20-byte base object name
compressed delta data
@@ -102,11 +102,13 @@ trailer | | packfile checksum |
Pack file entry: <+
packed object header:
- 1-byte type (upper 4-bit)
+ 1-byte size extension bit (MSB)
+ type (next 3 bit)
size0 (lower 4-bit)
n-byte sizeN (as long as MSB is set, each 7-bit)
size0..sizeN form 4+7+7+..+7 bit integer, size0
- is the most significant part.
+ is the least significant part, and sizeN is the
+ most significant part.
packed object data:
If it is not DELTA, then deflated bytes (the size above
is the size before compression).