On 24/10/2022 17:39, Junio C Hamano wrote:

Abhradeep Chakraborty [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

Small correction here - A repository may have multiple bitmaps (one
for each selected commit from the preferred packfile or a
multi-pack-index) but it can have only one ".bitmap" file (as of now).
Bitmaps for the selected commits are stored in that ".bitmap" file.
So I think the below lines (or similar) will work  -

    The bitmaps are stored in a ".bitmap" file. A repository may have
    at most one ".bitmap" file. The file may belong to either one pack, or the
    repository's multi-pack-index (if it exists).

Feel free to rephrase it accordingly.

Sounds good to me.  Or Philip's original can be tweaked minimally to
say "... may have at most one bitmap file (which stores multiple
bitmaps)".

Thanks both. I'll tweak the description in a day or so to allow Stolee
to comment if required.
P.