Hi, On Thu, 23 Aug 2018, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > > [...] > >> Since all operations that make new objects (e.g., "git commit") add > >> the new objects to the corresponding index, this mapping is possible > >> for all objects in the object store. > > > > Are we going to need a midx version of these mapping files? How does > > midx fit into this picture? Perhaps it's too obscure to worry about... > > That's a great question! I think the simplest answer is to have a > midx only for the primary object format and fall back to using > ordinary idx files for the others. > > The midx format already has a field for hash function (thanks, > Derrick!). Related: I wondered whether we could simply leverage the midx code for the bidirectional SHA-1 <-> SHA-256 mapping, as it strikes me as very similar in concept and challenges. Ciao, Dscho
