[PATCH v8 7/9] reftable: clarify how empty tables should be written
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Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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- Apr 1, 2020, 11:28 UTC
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From: Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com>
The format allows for some ambiguity, as a lone footer also starts with a valid file header. However, the current JGit code will barf on this. This commit codifies this behavior into the standard.
Signed-off-by: Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com> --- Documentation/technical/reftable.txt | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/reftable.txt b/Documentation/technical/reftable.txt index ee3f36ea851..df5cb5f11b8 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/reftable.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/reftable.txt @@ -731,6 +731,13 @@ version) Once verified, the other fields of the footer can be accessed. +Empty tables +++++++++++++ + +A reftable may be empty. In this case, the file starts with a header +and is immediately followed by a footer. + + Varint encoding ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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