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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-03-19 12:15:14 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-03-19 12:15:14 -0700 |
| commit | 865e99b5fde9a9128b34b6f3805f726c7a3b1b13 (patch) | |
| tree | f35be308ff031c12ae41387a4bd6e6773678a96d /Documentation/technical | |
| parent | Merge branch 'wk/doc-pre-rebase' (diff) | |
| parent | update-index: list supported idx versions and their features (diff) | |
| download | tgif-865e99b5fde9a9128b34b6f3805f726c7a3b1b13.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'nd/doc-index-format'
Update the index format documentation to mention the v4 format.
* nd/doc-index-format:
update-index: list supported idx versions and their features
read-cache.c: use INDEX_FORMAT_{LB,UB} in verify_hdr()
index-format.txt: mention of v4 is missing in some places
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/technical')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/index-format.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt index 27c716b15f..0810251f5a 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Git index format The signature is { 'D', 'I', 'R', 'C' } (stands for "dircache") 4-byte version number: - The current supported versions are 2 and 3. + The current supported versions are 2, 3 and 4. 32-bit number of index entries. @@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ Git index format 12-bit name length if the length is less than 0xFFF; otherwise 0xFFF is stored in this field. - (Version 3) A 16-bit field, only applicable if the "extended flag" - above is 1, split into (high to low bits). + (Version 3 or later) A 16-bit field, only applicable if the + "extended flag" above is 1, split into (high to low bits). 1-bit reserved for future |