On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 06:35:30PM -0400, rsbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > It is possible to use a Clean/Smudge filter to normalize the format to > be independent of the endian-ness of the target platforms? > > I have to admit being a fan of that approach. We aren't checking these files in, since these are just the .bitmap files stored in $GIT_DIR/objects/pack. So we'd have to invent such a mechanism, and I suspect it would be less effort (and more straightforward to implement) if we write all numbers in network byte order from the start. Thanks, Taylor