Re: [PATCH v13 05/13] reftable: clarify how empty tables should be written
"Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
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> From: Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com>
>
> 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.
Nice to see the documentation being careful.
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> Signed-off-by: Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com>
> ---
> Documentation/technical/reftable.txt | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/technical/reftable.txt b/Documentation/technical/reftable.txt
> index 8bad9ade256..6223538d64e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/technical/reftable.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/technical/reftable.txt
> @@ -715,6 +715,13 @@ version)
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> 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.
> +
> +
> Varint encoding
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>