From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:58:49 GMT
Subject: Re: [FYI] pack idx format
Message-ID: <7vy80ckqsm.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0602151144010.5606@localhost.localdomain>

Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> writes:

> On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> This is still WIP but if anybody is interested...  Once done, it
>> should become Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt.
>> 
> [...]
>> 
>> Pack file entry: <+
>> 
>>      packed object header:
>> 	1-byte type (upper 4-bit)
>
> Actually the type occupies only 3 bits (bits 4 to 6) as bit 7 is the 
> size continuation bit.

You are right.