Re: format of git pack objects
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 12:19 AM, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
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> Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <luke.leighton@gmail.com> wrote:
>> where can i get information (specifications) on the format of git
>> pack-objects... please don't say "look at the source code" unless
>> there simply doesn't exist any format specifications. as part of the
>> git p2p bittorrent vfs layer stuff, a "file save" operation doesn't
>> "happen by magic": i need to actually verify the pack objects
>> received: count the number of entries? or do i?
>
> Its in the Documentation/technical subdirectory of git.git[1].
> Look at pack-format.txt.
> Its rather sparse though.
good enough.
.... ahh... ah ha!
- The file is concluded with a trailer:
A copy of the 20-byte SHA1 checksum at the end of
corresponding packfile. 20-byte SHA1-checksum of all of the above.
i believe that will suffice.