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-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-credentials.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/index-format.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt4
5 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt
index a959517b23..a6b7d83a8e 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Functions
initial, empty state.
`argv_array_detach`::
- Detach the argv array from the `struct argv_array`, transfering
+ Detach the argv array from the `struct argv_array`, transferring
ownership of the allocated array and strings.
`argv_array_free_detached`::
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-credentials.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-credentials.txt
index 516fda7412..c1b42a40d3 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-credentials.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-credentials.txt
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ int foo_login(struct foo_connection *f)
break;
default:
/*
- * Some other error occured. We don't know if the
+ * Some other error occurred. We don't know if the
* credential is good or bad, so report nothing to the
* credential subsystem.
*/
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt
index dbbea95db7..aa1c50f181 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Iteration functions
* `head_ref_submodule()`, `for_each_ref_submodule()`,
`for_each_ref_in_submodule()`, `for_each_tag_ref_submodule()`,
`for_each_branch_ref_submodule()`, `for_each_remote_ref_submodule()`
- do the same as the functions descibed above but for a specified
+ do the same as the functions described above but for a specified
submodule.
* `for_each_rawref()` can be used to learn about broken ref and symref.
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
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt
index 0e37ec9de5..a37f1378d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ Git pack format
(deltified representation)
n-byte type and length (3-bit type, (n-1)*7+4-bit length)
- 20-byte base object name
+ 20-byte base object name if OBJ_REF_DELTA or a negative relative
+ offset from the delta object's position in the pack if this
+ is an OBJ_OFS_DELTA object
compressed delta data
Observation: length of each object is encoded in a variable