From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Cc: <git@vger.kernel.org>, Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/9] docs: improve ambiguous areas of pack format documentation
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2025 10:07:47 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqv7kvud5o.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251002223855.1022847-5-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> (brian m. carlson's message of "Thu, 2 Oct 2025 22:38:50 +0000")
"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:
> +=== Object encoding
> +
> +Unlike loose objects, packed objects do not have a prefix containing the type,
> +size, and a NUL byte. These are not necessary because they can be determined by
> +the n-byte type and length that prefixes the data and so they are omitted from
> +the compressed and deltified data.
> +
> +The computation of the object ID still uses this prefix, however.
"however" -> "by reconstructing it from the type/length data as
needed"?
Other than that, the new text reads very well.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-03 17:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-19 1:09 [PATCH 0/9] SHA-1/SHA-256 interoperability, part 1 brian m. carlson
2025-09-19 1:09 ` [PATCH 1/9] docs: update pack index v3 format brian m. carlson
2025-09-19 22:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-20 15:23 ` brian m. carlson
2025-09-20 17:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-24 7:55 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-09-25 21:39 ` brian m. carlson
2025-09-19 1:09 ` [PATCH 2/9] docs: update offset order for pack index v3 brian m. carlson
2025-09-19 1:09 ` [PATCH 3/9] docs: reflect actual double signature for tags brian m. carlson
2025-09-19 22:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-20 15:29 ` brian m. carlson
2025-09-20 17:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-24 7:55 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-09-25 21:46 ` brian m. carlson
2025-09-19 1:09 ` [PATCH 4/9] docs: improve ambiguous areas of pack format documentation brian m. carlson
2025-09-19 23:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-19 1:09 ` [PATCH 5/9] docs: add documentation for loose objects brian m. carlson
2025-09-19 19:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-19 19:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-19 19:15 ` brian m. carlson
2025-09-19 20:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-24 7:55 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-09-25 21:40 ` brian m. carlson
2025-09-19 23:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-24 7:55 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-09-30 16:39 ` brian m. carlson
2025-09-19 1:09 ` [PATCH 6/9] rev-parse: allow printing compatibility hash brian m. carlson
2025-09-19 23:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-24 7:55 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-09-25 21:48 ` brian m. carlson
2025-09-19 1:09 ` [PATCH 7/9] fsck: consider gpgsig headers expected in tags brian m. carlson
2025-09-19 23:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-22 21:38 ` brian m. carlson
2025-09-19 1:09 ` [PATCH 8/9] Allow specifying compatibility hash brian m. carlson
2025-09-24 7:56 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-09-30 16:44 ` brian m. carlson
2025-09-19 1:09 ` [PATCH 9/9] t: add a prerequisite for a " brian m. carlson
2025-09-24 7:56 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-10-02 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 0/9] SHA-1/SHA-256 interoperability, part 1 brian m. carlson
2025-10-02 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] docs: update pack index v3 format brian m. carlson
2025-10-03 17:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-02 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] docs: update offset order for pack index v3 brian m. carlson
2025-10-02 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] docs: reflect actual double signature for tags brian m. carlson
2025-10-02 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] docs: improve ambiguous areas of pack format documentation brian m. carlson
2025-10-03 17:07 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2025-10-03 21:06 ` brian m. carlson
2025-10-02 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] docs: add documentation for loose objects brian m. carlson
2025-10-03 17:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-02 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] rev-parse: allow printing compatibility hash brian m. carlson
2025-10-02 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] fsck: consider gpgsig headers expected in tags brian m. carlson
2025-10-02 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] t: allow specifying compatibility hash brian m. carlson
2025-10-03 17:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-03 20:45 ` brian m. carlson
2025-10-02 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] t1010: use BROKEN_OBJECTS prerequisite brian m. carlson
2025-10-09 21:56 ` [PATCH v3 0/9] SHA-1/SHA-256 interoperability, part 1 brian m. carlson
2025-10-09 21:56 ` [PATCH v3 1/9] docs: update pack index v3 format brian m. carlson
2025-10-09 21:56 ` [PATCH v3 2/9] docs: update offset order for pack index v3 brian m. carlson
2025-10-09 21:56 ` [PATCH v3 3/9] docs: reflect actual double signature for tags brian m. carlson
2025-10-09 21:56 ` [PATCH v3 4/9] docs: improve ambiguous areas of pack format documentation brian m. carlson
2025-10-09 21:56 ` [PATCH v3 5/9] docs: add documentation for loose objects brian m. carlson
2025-10-09 21:56 ` [PATCH v3 6/9] rev-parse: allow printing compatibility hash brian m. carlson
2025-10-09 21:56 ` [PATCH v3 7/9] fsck: consider gpgsig headers expected in tags brian m. carlson
2025-10-09 21:56 ` [PATCH v3 8/9] t: allow specifying compatibility hash brian m. carlson
2025-10-09 21:56 ` [PATCH v3 9/9] t1010: use BROKEN_OBJECTS prerequisite brian m. carlson
2025-10-13 15:24 ` [PATCH v3 0/9] SHA-1/SHA-256 interoperability, part 1 Junio C Hamano
2025-10-13 16:34 ` brian m. carlson
2025-10-14 5:53 ` Patrick Steinhardt
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