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| author | Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de> | 2011-07-26 14:27:57 +0200 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-07-31 18:23:49 -0700 |
| commit | e44b6df90cfd6ccbf35c3d147ff5a0e4e22fb17a (patch) | |
| tree | 3572ee6741b2d95b14d994a1604f93269c578ae3 /Documentation/technical/index-format.txt | |
| parent | 2579e1d2936ad4e385ef21e5c346d9853d7faa01 (diff) | |
| download | git-e44b6df90cfd6ccbf35c3d147ff5a0e4e22fb17a.tar.gz | |
Documentation: clarify the invalidated tree entry format
When the entry_count is -1, the tree is invalidated and therefore has
not associated hash (or object name). Explicitly state that the next
entry starts after the newline.
Signed-off-by: Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/technical/index-format.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/index-format.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt index 7b233ca196..8930b3fabc 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt @@ -147,8 +147,9 @@ GIT index format - 160-bit object name for the object that would result from writing this span of index as a tree. - An entry can be in an invalidated state and is represented by having -1 - in the entry_count field. + An entry can be in an invalidated state and is represented by having + -1 in the entry_count field. In this case, there is no object name + and the next entry starts immediately after the newline. The entries are written out in the top-down, depth-first order. The first entry represents the root level of the repository, followed by the |