On Tue, 27 Aug 2013, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > This goes as follows: > > > > - Number of tree entries: variable length encoded. > > > > Then for each tree entry: > > > > - Path component reference: variable length encoded index into the path > > string dictionary table which also covers the entry mode. To make the > > overall encoding efficient, the author table is already sorted by usage > > frequency so the most used names are first and require the shortest > > index encoding. > > s/author table/tree path table/, I think. The reason why it is a > good idea to sort these tables by use count applies equally to both > the author table and the tree path table, though. Exact. This was a cut and paste mistake. 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