From: Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: "Alex Riesen" <raa.lkml@gmail.com>,
"Nguyễn Thái Ngọc" <pclouds@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, robin.rosenberg@dewire.com,
srabbelier@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: technical details about the index file format
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:11:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=iFe=MmUiXzC_HMwueZxLJDCea+zp_-SNWvSup@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vlj7k42t7.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> + 32-bit ctime seconds, the last time a file's metadata changed
>>> + this is stat(2) data
>>> +
>>> + 32-bit ctime nanoseconds (modulo 1G)
>>> + this is stat(2) data
>>
>> Maybe I'm missing something, but I failed to find where "modulo 1G" comes from.
>
> I think the above wants to say "seconds and sub-seconds are stored in
> separate fields, and latter is purely sub-seconds, never reaching nor
> exceeding a whole second" (gig == 10^-9) times nano (== 10^+9) is 1).
>
> I personally do not think it is a good idea to say " (modulo 1G)" there;
> it is more confusing than without.
>
Perhaps "nanosecond fractions" would be a simple and precise description?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-02 15:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-01 9:53 [PATCH] doc: technical details about the index file format Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2010-09-01 10:36 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2010-09-01 15:20 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-09-01 18:54 ` Robin Rosenberg
2010-09-01 14:39 ` Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2010-09-02 8:56 ` Alex Riesen
2010-09-02 9:08 ` Joshua Juran
2010-09-02 14:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-09-02 15:11 ` Erik Faye-Lund [this message]
2010-09-06 10:37 ` Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2011-02-19 22:16 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2011-02-20 9:30 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2011-02-26 10:03 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2011-02-26 10:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-02-26 13:36 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2011-03-02 1:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-03-02 3:34 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2011-03-02 6:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-03-02 11:43 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2011-03-02 12:53 ` Drew Northup
2010-09-01 23:28 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2010-09-02 5:59 ` Robin Rosenberg
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