From: Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 17:36:11 GMT Subject: [PATCH 5/6] reftable: clarify how empty tables should be written Message-ID: In-Reply-To: From: Han-Wen Nienhuys The format allows for some ambiguity, as a lone footer also starts with a valid file header. However, the current JGit code will barf on this. This commit codifies this behavior into the standard. Signed-off-by: Han-Wen Nienhuys Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/technical/reftable.txt | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/technical/reftable.txt b/Documentation/technical/reftable.txt index c5ed127b188..e53823c9bfb 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/reftable.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/reftable.txt @@ -733,6 +733,12 @@ version) Once verified, the other fields of the footer can be accessed. +Empty tables +++++++++++++ + +A reftable may be empty. In this case, the file starts with a header +and is immediately followed by a footer. + Binary search ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -- gitgitgadget