From: Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 11:28:56 GMT Subject: [PATCH v8 7/9] reftable: clarify how empty tables should be written Message-ID: <67ee5962e857a82a7dabd45755b1e4bb07ddb70e.1585740538.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Han-Wen Nienhuys 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 --- 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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -- gitgitgadget