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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt index 8d2f42f29e..6d3efb7d16 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt @@ -376,6 +376,11 @@ CHUNK DATA: [Optional] Object Large Offsets (ID: {'L', 'O', 'F', 'F'}) 8-byte offsets into large packfiles. + [Optional] Bitmap pack order (ID: {'R', 'I', 'D', 'X'}) + A list of MIDX positions (one per object in the MIDX, num_objects in + total, each a 4-byte unsigned integer in network byte order), sorted + according to their relative bitmap/pseudo-pack positions. + TRAILER: Index checksum of the above contents. @@ -456,9 +461,5 @@ In short, a MIDX's pseudo-pack is the de-duplicated concatenation of objects in packs stored by the MIDX, laid out in pack order, and the packs arranged in MIDX order (with the preferred pack coming first). -Finally, note that the MIDX's reverse index is not stored as a chunk in -the multi-pack-index itself. This is done because the reverse index -includes the checksum of the pack or MIDX to which it belongs, which -makes it impossible to write in the MIDX. To avoid races when rewriting -the MIDX, a MIDX reverse index includes the MIDX's checksum in its -filename (e.g., `multi-pack-index-xyz.rev`). +The MIDX's reverse index is stored in the optional 'RIDX' chunk within +the MIDX itself. |