Jakub Narebski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> When bit 4-6 encodes type 5, the first byte is used this way: >> >> - Bit 0-3 denotes the real "extended" representation type. Because types >> 0-7 can already be encoded without using the extended format, we can >> offset the type by 8 (i.e. if bit 0-3 says 3, it means representation >> type 11 = 3 + 8); > > Why not use third byte for that instead? Is it a good enough reason that there is no upside for doing so? -- 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