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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Mohamed Mohey <mmi9433@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Question: rerere preimage format
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Mohamed Mohey <mmi9433@gmail.com> writes:

> My question is:
>
> Is there a reason rerere's output is like this that I'm missing? Or is
> it just there for convenience since it doesn't affect rerere's
> intended functionality?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Mohamed Mohey

Documentation/technical/rerere.txt would be a good place to start.