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From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Git files data formats documentation
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A Large Angry SCM wrote:

> <TREE_ENTRY>
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0# The type of the object referenced MUST be a=
ppropriate for
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0# the mode. Regular files and symbolic links =
reference a BLOB
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0# and directories reference a TREE.
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0:=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0<OCTAL_MODE> <SP> <NAME=
> <NUL> <BINARY_OBJ_ID>
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0;
[...]
> <OCTAL_MODE>
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0# Octal encoding, without prefix, of the file=
 system object
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0# type and permission bits. The bit layout is=
 according to the
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0# POSIX standard, with only regular files, di=
rectories, and
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0# symbolic links permitted. The actual permis=
sion bits are
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0# all zero except for regular files. The only=
 permission bit
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0# of any consequence to Git is the owner exec=
utable bit. By
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0# default, the permission bits for files will=
 be either 0644
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0# or 0755, depending on the owner executable =
bit.
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0;

I do wonder why there is <OCTAL_MODE> (and not <BINARY_OCTAL_MODE>)=20
but <BINARY_OBJ_ID> (and not <HEX_OBJ_ID>).

--=20
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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