Nicolas Pitre [off-list ref] writes:
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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This is still WIP but if anybody is interested... Once done, it
should become Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt.
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Pack file entry: <+
packed object header:
1-byte type (upper 4-bit)
Actually the type occupies only 3 bits (bits 4 to 6) as bit 7 is the
size continuation bit.
You are right.