Re: [PATCH 2/3] sha1_file: add the ability to parse objects in "pack file format"
From: sf <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:33
Linus Torvalds wrote: ...
The common byte sequence for a compressed stream is 78 9c ... where the first byte is the CMF byte (compression info and method). But it's not the only possible such sequence according to the zlib format.
No, but 0x78 is the only first byte ever produced by git; the files are always deflated (second nibble is 8) with window size 32K (first nibble is 7).