From: jidanni@jidanni.org Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:43:07 GMT Subject: [PATCH] gitrepository-layout: No longer first two letters. Also add "down". Message-ID: Signed-off-by: jidanni diff --git a/gitrepository-layout.txt b/gitrepository-layout.txt index 03c52ff..81103fc 100644 --- a/gitrepository-layout.txt +++ b/gitrepository-layout.txt @@ -46,6 +46,4 @@ objects/[0-9a-f][0-9a-f]:: - Traditionally, each object is stored in its own file. - They are split into 256 subdirectories using the first - two letters from its object name to keep the number of - directory entries `objects` directory itself needs to - hold. Objects found here are often called 'unpacked' - (or 'loose') objects. + Traditionally, each object is stored in its own file. They are + split into 256 subdirectories to keep the number of directory + entries `objects` directory itself needs to hold down. Objects + found here are often called 'unpacked' (or 'loose') objects. -- 1.5.6.5