From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, FSL_HELO_FAKE,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF6401F405 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 22:15:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730907AbeLPWPA (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Dec 2018 17:15:00 -0500 Received: from mail-pf1-f182.google.com ([209.85.210.182]:36923 "EHLO mail-pf1-f182.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1730758AbeLPWPA (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Dec 2018 17:15:00 -0500 Received: by mail-pf1-f182.google.com with SMTP id y126so5363306pfb.4 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 14:15:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=CICCQZezlXHam6kLj211WaTepXmDi3rK0HbTKEOjp3k=; b=Ejde048K5tKR5oy3Tm/w1GfsUTSMhacS1FyAtjKxXB0rusQpJUgJfveQxDBN+yk+3r mAm+zahgug9iZ149bGyYUy3HdiEPXPVit1JUpdcSM4YHNe2DVrkbt2Q4u/IDGHEqXdMq oqPOr8o1qu0QKl2Jzm4eEVuI6cr3uaHLtIwaF/TVEy6vuRmcyaRjwjW1dZbohgw9X+xf NMWnIrXZ0AoXGpkEicffkMGKvHAuLhLSHIBsNN6hDCBoobSUTqWeELMLoU9VM+vlsToq fR4KTid1cqMjTd4jKVhzPV+H8tz5TR8vvpehH7VLvZD97DzX9ej9bIEgjUP1fIPFTpyB VglQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=CICCQZezlXHam6kLj211WaTepXmDi3rK0HbTKEOjp3k=; b=nCzhUnmBRbvPv7T4bJifq2hJSH4e8GizHqSpPDSQFKt+GfgS4Fq8A8j/zxxCKu14pR 1SgYGd3vU3jHZ7fWRqV2JkiZgsGBRxfsHFO2HPnJfWiKLjydMGj00g2yKge0BtjVBcE2 /EI6BZMYSufIsJpRjk1VUm5brkk7g29cRFidR4hO+HSuX0P9J36uvSRolBIaFXeTz3za /a1YlIIPKmMX3BucbRVRivH1rmThd8VB7gNvKYzr1cbOLeGisBgThNIMyDrinA1mrKzJ fRjuVCirI2nJx04Xt4omdjfft7dlRsMpjo+GoyOAT6wtj1a3zOb3ANKBhqD/klRth/tc o+KA== X-Gm-Message-State: AA+aEWY5XY7Fwmb4JtI0wfJJCoXiBx7thlN6FSwQbLds/uTJGdSLLOIU UYbWeECidNyQ4G7vrRJRxoQRpeQm X-Google-Smtp-Source: AFSGD/VX/fZ1re7Jz06n6y6LBHGuro/P7sheebeGTQtn3ZDkgi0O/oMmnGAGciK6q1jBSgWLwrvP0g== X-Received: by 2002:a63:c64f:: with SMTP id x15mr9772494pgg.16.1544998499516; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 14:14:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from google.com ([2620:0:100e:913:3fb0:1473:cdbf:42]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id e65sm15703954pfc.74.2018.12.16.14.14.58 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Sun, 16 Dec 2018 14:14:59 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2018 14:14:57 -0800 From: Jonathan Nieder To: Farhan Khan Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: pack file object size question Message-ID: <20181216221457.GH75890@google.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi, Farhan Khan wrote: > I am trying to write an implementation of "git index-pack" and having > a bit of trouble with understanding the ".pack" format. Specifically, > I am having trouble figuring out the boundary between two objects in > the pack file. Have you seen Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt? If so, do you have ideas for improving it? Thanks, Jonathan