Jakub Narebski wrote:
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>).
<OCTAL_MODE> because it's an ASCII string. <BINARY_OBJ_ID> because it's
the 20 byte digest.
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