A Large Angry SCM wrote: > <TREE_ENTRY> > # The type of the object referenced MUST be appropriate for > # the mode. Regular files and symbolic links reference a BLOB > # and directories reference a TREE. > : <OCTAL_MODE> <SP> <NAME> <NUL> <BINARY_OBJ_ID> > ; [...] > <OCTAL_MODE> > # Octal encoding, without prefix, of the file system object > # type and permission bits. The bit layout is according to the > # POSIX standard, with only regular files, directories, and > # symbolic links permitted. The actual permission bits are > # all zero except for regular files. The only permission bit > # of any consequence to Git is the owner executable bit. By > # default, the permission bits for files will be either 0644 > # or 0755, depending on the owner executable bit. > ; I do wonder why there is <OCTAL_MODE> (and not <BINARY_OCTAL_MODE>) but <BINARY_OBJ_ID> (and not <HEX_OBJ_ID>). -- Jakub Narebski Warsaw, Poland ShadeHawk on #git - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html