On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, A Large Angry SCM wrote: > Junio C Hamano wrote: > ... > > * "A Large Angry SCM" wrote a nice summary, "Git files data > > formats documentation". > > > > Message-ID: <44D51D47.9090700@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > With one final update by Nico yesterday, I think it is ready > > for inclusion. > > > > Does somebody care to make a patch out of it to add it to > > Documentation/technical/, maybe removing pack-format.txt there > > after making sure all it talks about is covered by the new > > documentation? > > > > I do not have enough "virginity" to spot omissions in the > > description anymore, so comments from somebody new to the > > system are very much appreciated. > > > > Two things: > > 1) I disagree with Nico's assessment that, other than his, there can not > exist any type 2 packs that have bit 6 set to mean copy from result. Care to explain why? Since this code is mine I can tell you that no official GIT version ever produced such a pack. The code to make use of that bit was quite involving and the end result wasn't great at all so I never published said code. This is also why current GIT accepts both pack version 2 and 3 without any distinction using the same code in patch-delta.c on the basis that no version 2 packs ever used that bit. Nicolas - To unsubscribe from this list: 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