Re: Request for detailed documentation of git pack protocol
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Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
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- Jun 3, 2009, 20:56 UTC
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On Wed, 3 Jun 2009, Jakub Narebski wrote:
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> > HEXDIGIT = 0-9 / a-f > > Well, it should probably be spelled in full. Probably, because I have > no experience with using ABNF... and didn't do my research :-)
The ABNF core rules include a definition for HEXDIG. See appendix B of RFC 5234.
> (should HEXDIGIT use lowercase a-f, or can it use uppercase A-F?)
Double-quoted strings in ABNF are case-insensitive ASCII, so the HEXDIG rule accepts both. You need to use %x61 if you want a but not A.
Tony.
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