Re: [PATCH v2 1/8] packfile: prepare for the existence of '*.rev' files

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 14, 2021, 07:26 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqsg74x9ks.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <6742c15c84bafbcc1c06e2633de51dcda63e3314.1610576805.git.me@ttaylorr.com>

Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:

> Specify the format of the on-disk reverse index 'pack-*.rev' file, as
> well as prepare the code for the existence of such files.

We've changed the pack .idx file format once as the file format is versioned. I wonder if you considered placing the reverse index information in the same file, with version bump, in the .idx?

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