# [PATCH] Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt: enhance discussion of objects/[0-9a-f][0-9a-f] 1 messages from 2008-12-27 to 2008-12-27. Participants: jidanni@jidanni.org. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/16877 ## jidanni@jidanni.org, 2008-12-27 02:48 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt: enhance discussion of objects/[0-9a-f][0-9a-f] Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/E1LGPFr-0001XW-8r%40jidanni.org ``` Signed-off-by: jidanni diff --git a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt index 03c52ff..bf900df 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt @@ -46,6 +46,4 @@ objects/[0-9a-f][0-9a-f]:: - Traditionally, each object is stored in its own file. - They are split into 256 subdirectories using the first - two letters from its object name to keep the number of - directory entries `objects` directory itself needs to - hold. Objects found here are often called 'unpacked' - (or 'loose') objects. + Each object is stored in its own file. They are split into 256 + subdirectories to keep directory sizes down. Example: object + 92b35d66... is stored in .git/object/92/b35d66... Objects + found here are often called 'unpacked' (or 'loose') objects. -- 1.5.6.5 ```