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* The name of the hash function is "SHA-1", not "SHA1"Thomas Ackermann2013-04-15
| | | | | | | | Use "SHA-1" instead of "SHA1" whenever we talk about the hash function. When used as a programming symbol, we keep "SHA1". Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Merge branch 'maint-1.8.1' into maintJunio C Hamano2013-04-12
|\ | | | | | | | | | | * maint-1.8.1: fast-export: fix argument name in error messages Documentation: distinguish between ref and offset deltas in pack-format
| * Documentation: distinguish between ref and offset deltas in pack-formatStefan Saasen2013-04-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | eb32d236 introduced the OBJ_OFS_DELTA object that uses a relative offset to identify the base object instead of the 20-byte SHA1 reference. The pack file documentation only mentions the SHA1 based reference in its description of the deltified object entry. Update the pack format documentation to clarify that the deltified object representation refers to its base using either a relative negative offset or the absolute SHA1 identifier. Signed-off-by: Stefan Saasen <ssaasen@atlassian.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* | Documentation: avoid poor-man's small caps GITThomas Ackermann2013-02-01
|/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | In the earlier days, we used to spell the name of the system as GIT, to simulate as if it were typeset with capital G and IT in small caps. Later we stopped doing so at around 1.6.5 days. Let's stop doing so throughout the documentation. The name to refer to the whole system (and the concept it embodies) is "Git"; the command end-users type is "git". And document this in the coding guideline. Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation/technical: convert plain text files to asciidocThomas Ackermann2012-10-16
| | | | | | | | These were not originally meant for asciidoc, but they are already so close. Mark them up in asciidoc. Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Add description of OFS_DELTA to the pack format descriptionPeter Eriksen2008-04-06
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Peter Eriksen <s022018@student.dtu.dk> Acked-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation: typofixRalf Wildenhues2008-01-07
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation: describe pack idx v2linux@horizon.com2007-12-14
| | | | | | | | Lifted from the log message of c553ca25bd60dc9fd50b8bc7bd329601b81cee66 (pack-objects: learn about pack index version 2). Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* War on whitespaceJunio C Hamano2007-06-07
| | | | | | | | | This uses "git-apply --whitespace=strip" to fix whitespace errors that have crept in to our source files over time. There are a few files that need to have trailing whitespaces (most notably, test vectors). The results still passes the test, and build result in Documentation/ area is unchanged. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
* Documentation/pack-format.txt: Clear up description of types.Peter Eriksen2007-03-22
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Peter Eriksen <s022018@student.dtu.dk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* Improved pack format documentation.Shawn Pearce2006-05-30
| | | | | | | | | While trying to implement a pack reader in Java I was mislead by some facts listed in this documentation as well as found a few details to be missing about the pack header. Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
* Add Documentation/technical/pack-format.txtJunio C Hamano2006-04-07
... along with the previous one, pack-heuristics, by popular demand. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>