Re: [PATCH v3 01/14] commit-graph: add format document

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 8, 2018, 23:16 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq8tc36pj9.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <68287af0-a4ec-d2ab-bbcc-84326871120b@gmail.com>

Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> writes:

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> You're right that this data is redundant. It is easy to describe the
> width of the tables using the OID length, so it is convenient to have
> that part of the format. Also, it is good to have 4-byte alignment
> here, so we are not wasting space.
>
> There isn't a strong reason to put that here, but I don't have a great
> reason to remove it, either.

Redundant information that can go out of sync is a great enough reason not to have it in the first place.

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