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2013-04-15The name of the hash function is "SHA-1", not "SHA1"Libravatar Thomas Ackermann1-7/+7
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>
2013-04-12Merge branch 'maint-1.8.1' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+3
* maint-1.8.1: fast-export: fix argument name in error messages Documentation: distinguish between ref and offset deltas in pack-format
2013-04-12Documentation: distinguish between ref and offset deltas in pack-formatLibravatar Stefan Saasen1-1/+3
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>
2013-02-01Documentation: avoid poor-man's small caps GITLibravatar Thomas Ackermann1-2/+2
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>
2012-10-16Documentation/technical: convert plain text files to asciidocLibravatar Thomas Ackermann1-4/+4
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>
2008-04-06Add description of OFS_DELTA to the pack format descriptionLibravatar Peter Eriksen1-1/+15
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>
2008-01-07Documentation: typofixLibravatar Ralf Wildenhues1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-12-14Documentation: describe pack idx v2Libravatar linux@horizon.com1-33/+61
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>
2007-06-07War on whitespaceLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-4/+4
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>
2007-03-22Documentation/pack-format.txt: Clear up description of types.Libravatar Peter Eriksen1-4/+6
Signed-off-by: Peter Eriksen <s022018@student.dtu.dk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
2006-05-30Improved pack format documentation.Libravatar Shawn Pearce1-3/+8
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>
2006-04-07Add Documentation/technical/pack-format.txtLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+111
... along with the previous one, pack-heuristics, by popular demand. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>