Re: pack file object size question

On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 5:15 PM Jonathan Nieder [off-list ref] wrote:

Hi,

Farhan Khan wrote:

quoted

I am trying to write an implementation of "git index-pack" and having
a bit of trouble with understanding the ".pack" format. Specifically,
I am having trouble figuring out the boundary between two objects in
the pack file.

Have you seen Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt?  If so, do you
have ideas for improving it?

Thanks,
Jonathan

Hi Jonathan,

Yes, I have. I think the issue is, the compressed object has a fixed
size and git inflates it, then moves on to the next object. I am
trying to figure out how where it identifies the size of the object.
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