On Fri, May 10, 2024 at 01:46:59PM +0200, Patrick Steinhardt wrote: > > > > +* An (optional) extended lookup table (written if and only if there is > > > > + at least one commit which appears in more than one pseudo-merge). > > > > + There are as many entries as commits which appear in multiple > > > > + pseudo-merges. Each entry contains the following: > > > > + > > > > + ** `N`, a 4-byte unsigned value equal to the number of pseudo-merges > > > > + which contain a given commit. > > > > > > How exactly is the given commit identified? Or in other words, given an > > > entry in the lookup table here, how do I figure out what commit it > > > belongs to? > > > > They aren't identified within this section. The extended lookup table is > > indexed into via the lookup table with an offset that is stored in the > > `offset` field when the MSB is set. > > Okay. Would this explanation be a good addition to the document? I think we already have this written down in the section above. See in the previous bullet point the section reading "containing either one of two possible offsets, deepening on whether or not the most-significant bit is set: [...]" Does that work? Thanks, Taylor
