Re: [PATCH v2 4/9] docs: improve ambiguous areas of pack format documentation

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 3, 2025, 17:07 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqv7kvud5o.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20251002223855.1022847-5-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>

"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:

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> +=== Object encoding
> +
> +Unlike loose objects, packed objects do not have a prefix containing the type,
> +size, and a NUL byte. These are not necessary because they can be determined by
> +the n-byte type and length that prefixes the data and so they are omitted from
> +the compressed and deltified data.
> +
> +The computation of the object ID still uses this prefix, however.

"however" -> "by reconstructing it from the type/length data as needed"?

Other than that, the new text reads very well.

Thanks.

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