Re: Git files data formats documentation

A Large Angry SCM wrote:

Jakub Narebski wrote:

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I do wonder why there is <OCTAL_MODE> (and not <BINARY_OCTAL_MODE>) 
but <BINARY_OBJ_ID> (and not <HEX_OBJ_ID>).

<OCTAL_MODE> because it's an ASCII string. <BINARY_OBJ_ID> because it's 
the 20 byte digest.

I meant why git use ASCII string for octal mode, while using 20 byte digest
for object-id in tree format. More consistent would be use binary and
binary, or ASCII and ASCII (i.e. <HEX_OBJ_ID>).

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Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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