Re: Looking for help to understand external filter driver code

From: Jakub Narębski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 20, 2016, 08:59 UTC
Message-ID: <578F3D5E.2070201@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqr3ape2ju.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

W dniu 2016-07-19 o 23:33, Junio C Hamano pisze:

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> Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> > Git writes --> 4 byte filename length
>> > Git writes --> filename string
>
> Why limit to 32GB?  Perhaps NUL termination is more appropriate
> here?

Errr, I think limiting _filename_ to 32GB is a reasonable
assumption, for forever...

>> > Git writes --> 4 byte content length
>> > Git writes --> content string

...while limiting file _content_ to 32GB might not be future-proof enough.

;-)

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Jakub Narębski