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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt index b7093af8b2..db3572626b 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt @@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ Git index format The entries are written out in the top-down, depth-first order. The first entry represents the root level of the repository, followed by the - first subtree---let's call this A---of the root level (with its name + first subtree--let's call this A--of the root level (with its name relative to the root level), followed by the first subtree of A (with its name relative to A), ... @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ Git index format - The directory name terminated by NUL. - - A number of untrached file/dir names terminated by NUL. + - A number of untracked file/dir names terminated by NUL. The remaining data of each directory block is grouped by type: @@ -295,3 +295,22 @@ The remaining data of each directory block is grouped by type: in the previous ewah bitmap. - One NUL. + +== File System Monitor cache + + The file system monitor cache tracks files for which the core.fsmonitor + hook has told us about changes. The signature for this extension is + { 'F', 'S', 'M', 'N' }. + + The extension starts with + + - 32-bit version number: the current supported version is 1. + + - 64-bit time: the extension data reflects all changes through the given + time which is stored as the nanoseconds elapsed since midnight, + January 1, 1970. + + - 32-bit bitmap size: the size of the CE_FSMONITOR_VALID bitmap. + + - An ewah bitmap, the n-th bit indicates whether the n-th index entry + is not CE_FSMONITOR_VALID. |