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Re: [PATCH] Technical details about the index file format.

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 31, 2010, 14:23 UTC
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<20100831142359.GB2315@burratino>
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<20100831070851.GA7543@kytes>
Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
> Don't we already have this in Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt?
No; this is about the .git/index file rather than .git/objects/pack/*.idx.
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  1. Technical details about the index file format.Robin Rosenberg, Feb 11, 2008
  2. Tim StoakesFeb 11, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2008
  4. Sverre RabbelierAug 31, 2010
  5. Ramkumar RamachandraAug 31, 2010
  6. Jonathan NiederAug 31, 2010
  7. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyAug 31, 2010
  8. Sverre RabbelierSep 1, 2010
  9. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuySep 1, 2010

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