On Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 05:30:06AM -0400, Jeff King wrote: > On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 05:12:04PM -0400, Taylor Blau wrote: > > > [^1]: As a reminder, this means that the object is identified among the > > objects contained in all layers of the incremental MIDX chain, not any > > particular layer. For example, consider MIDX chain with two individual > > MIDXs, one with 4 objects and another with 3 objects. If the MIDX with > > 4 objects appears earlier in the chain, then asking for pack "6" would > > return the second object in the MIDX with 3 objects. > > I think this is "object 6" in the final sentence? Oops, yes. Thanks for spotting, this was as easy as s/pack/object on the second to last line in the paragraph quoted above. > OK, so now this function translates a global position into a local one, > and then we get the pack id for the local midx/pos, and then turn it > back into a global pack id. > > That all makes sense, but you definitely have to read carefully to make > sure which positions/ids are global within the chain and which are local > to a midx. Exactly. Thanks, Taylor
