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Re: Index format v5

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Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
May 8, 2012, 14:25 UTC
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On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> * "160-bit object name for the object that would result from writing
>>   this span of index as a tree."  Is this always valid?
>
> No, this is only valid if the entry count is not -1. It's clarified
> now.
..and..
> The entry_count in the index is only valid, if the cache-tree is valid,
> which is not always the case.

I think your trees are the cache-trees already. For invalid cache-trees, you can just use all-zero sha-1 as the indicator. Then entry_count can go away.

-- 
Duy
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  18. Philip OakleyMay 4, 2012
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  24. Michael HaggertyMay 7, 2012
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  26. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 8, 2012
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