From: Peter Eriksen Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:43:37 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Documentation/pack-format.txt: Clear up description of types. X-Git-Tag: v1.5.1-rc2~5^2~6 X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=979ea5856cddace7223ddd715a448dbe49fcb290;p=git.git Documentation/pack-format.txt: Clear up description of types. Signed-off-by: Peter Eriksen Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt index 0e1ffb242..9ce3c473a 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt @@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ GIT pack format which looks like this: (undeltified representation) - n-byte type and length (4-bit type, (n-1)*7+4-bit length) + n-byte type and length (3-bit type, (n-1)*7+4-bit length) compressed data (deltified representation) - n-byte type and length (4-bit type, (n-1)*7+4-bit length) + n-byte type and length (3-bit type, (n-1)*7+4-bit length) 20-byte base object name compressed delta data @@ -102,11 +102,13 @@ trailer | | packfile checksum | Pack file entry: <+ packed object header: - 1-byte type (upper 4-bit) + 1-byte size extension bit (MSB) + type (next 3 bit) size0 (lower 4-bit) n-byte sizeN (as long as MSB is set, each 7-bit) size0..sizeN form 4+7+7+..+7 bit integer, size0 - is the most significant part. + is the least significant part, and sizeN is the + most significant part. packed object data: If it is not DELTA, then deflated bytes (the size above is the size before compression).