Re: [PATCH 2/3] sha1_file: add the ability to parse objects in "pack file format"
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- sf <sf-gmane@stephan-feder.de>
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- Jul 11, 2006, 22:25 UTC
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Linus Torvalds wrote: ...
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> The common byte sequence for a compressed stream is > > 78 9c ... > > where the first byte is the CMF byte (compression info and method). > > But it's not the only possible such sequence according to the zlib format.
No, but 0x78 is the only first byte ever produced by git; the files are always deflated (second nibble is 8) with window size 32K (first nibble is 7).