Re: [PATCH] doc: technical details about the index file format

2010/9/2 Robin Rosenberg [off-list ref]:

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+  Entry path name (variable length) relative to top-level directory

...to the top level...

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+    (without leading slash). '/' is used as path separator. Special

The special...

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+    paths ".", ".." and ".git" (without quotes) are disallowed.
+    Trailing slash is also disallowed.

Why would anyone even consider adding a trailing slash to a _file_ name?

Well, I was tempted to put directories in index more than once. And
subprojects are actually directories although they are treated as
files in index.
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Duy