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[PATCH 09/11] Remove unnecessary historical note from "Object storage format"

From
Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de>
Date
Aug 27, 2013, 18:04 UTC
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Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de>
---
 Documentation/user-manual.txt | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index a7ca3e3..56bd088 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -4145,8 +4145,6 @@ about the data in the object.  It's worth noting that the SHA-1 hash
 that is used to name the object is the hash of the original data
 plus this header, so `sha1sum` 'file' does not match the object name
 for 'file'.
-(Historical note: in the dawn of the age of Git the hash
-was the SHA-1 of the 'compressed' object.)
 
 As a result, the general consistency of an object can always be tested
 independently of the contents or the type of the object: all objects can
-- 
1.8.3.msysgit.0


---
Thomas
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Message 24 of 28 in “Modernize user-manual”
  1. 0/11 Modernize user-manualThomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  2. 01/11 Call it "Git User Manual" and remove reference to very old Git versionThomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  4. Lars Gullik BjønnesAug 27, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  6. 02/11 Use current "detached HEAD" messageThomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  8. 03/11 Use current output for "git repack"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  10. 04/11 Use "git merge" instead of "git pull ."Thomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  12. Jonathan NiederAug 27, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  14. 05/11 Fix some typos and improve wordingThomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  17. 06/11 Simplify "How to make a commit"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  19. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  20. 07/11 Improve section "Manipulating branches"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  21. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  22. 08/11 Improve section "Merging multiple trees"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  24. 09/11 Remove unnecessary historical note from "Object storage format"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  25. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  26. 10/11 Remove irrelevant reference from "Tying it all together"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  27. 11/11 "git prune" is safeThomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  28. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013

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