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Re: [PATCH] doc: technical details about the index file format

From
Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 1, 2010, 23:28 UTC
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2010/9/2 Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>:
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>> +  Entry path name (variable length) relative to top-level directory
> ...to the top level...
>> +    (without leading slash). '/' is used as path separator. Special
> The special...
>> +    paths ".", ".." and ".git" (without quotes) are disallowed.
>> +    Trailing slash is also disallowed.
> Why would anyone even consider adding a trailing slash to a _file_ name?

Well, I was tempted to put directories in index more than once. And subprojects are actually directories although they are treated as files in index.

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Duy
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  1. doc: technical details about the index file formatNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 1, 2010
  2. Ramkumar RamachandraSep 1, 2010
  3. Sverre RabbelierSep 1, 2010
  4. Robin RosenbergSep 1, 2010
  5. doc: technical details about the index file formatNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 1, 2010
  6. Alex RiesenSep 2, 2010
  7. Joshua JuranSep 2, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 2, 2010
  9. Erik Faye-LundSep 2, 2010
  10. doc: technical details about the index file formatNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 6, 2010
  11. Sverre RabbelierFeb 19, 2011
  12. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 20, 2011
  13. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 26, 2011
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2011
  15. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 26, 2011
  16. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2011
  17. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 2, 2011
  18. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2011
  19. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMar 2, 2011
  20. Drew NorthupMar 2, 2011
  21. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuySep 1, 2010
  22. Robin RosenbergSep 2, 2010

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