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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?

  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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