From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jidanni@jidanni.org Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt: enhance discussion of objects/[0-9a-f][0-9a-f] Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 02:48:03 +0000 Message-ID: To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Dec 27 03:53:48 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LGPJD-0003W8-R4 for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:53:48 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752367AbYL0CwW (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:52:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752293AbYL0CwW (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:52:22 -0500 Received: from sd-green-bigip-177.dreamhost.com ([208.97.132.177]:44329 "EHLO homiemail-a4.dreamhost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752278AbYL0CwV (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:52:21 -0500 Received: from jidanni.org (122-127-47-84.dynamic.hinet.net [122.127.47.84]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by homiemail-a4.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C678414BD for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:52:20 -0800 (PST) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Signed-off-by: jidanni diff --git a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt index 03c52ff..bf900df 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt @@ -46,6 +46,4 @@ objects/[0-9a-f][0-9a-f]:: - Traditionally, each object is stored in its own file. - They are split into 256 subdirectories using the first - two letters from its object name to keep the number of - directory entries `objects` directory itself needs to - hold. Objects found here are often called 'unpacked' - (or 'loose') objects. + Each object is stored in its own file. They are split into 256 + subdirectories to keep directory sizes down. Example: object + 92b35d66... is stored in .git/object/92/b35d66... Objects + found here are often called 'unpacked' (or 'loose') objects. -- 1.5.6.5