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Repository formats

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PSPhillip Susi <psusi@ubuntu.com>
Date
Apr 1, 2014, 14:18 UTC
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I have seen some discussion about various changes to the format of the index and pack files over time, but can't find anything about it in the man pages. Are the different formats documented anywhere, and how to tell which format you are using?

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