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Subject: Re: [FYI] pack idx format
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:58:49 -0800
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Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> writes:

> On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> This is still WIP but if anybody is interested...  Once done, it
>> should become Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt.
>> 
> [...]
>> 
>> Pack file entry: <+
>> 
>>      packed object header:
>> 	1-byte type (upper 4-bit)
>
> Actually the type occupies only 3 bits (bits 4 to 6) as bit 7 is the 
> size continuation bit.

You are right.