# gitformat-index.txt has a gap in the "mode" description?

- From: Glen Choo \<hidden\>
- Date: 2023-01-31 16:43:50 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2023/01/7964231
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2023/01/7964231/t.md

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According to gitformat-index.txt [1], "mode" is 32 bits, but we've only
documented 16 bits. I tried poking around read-cache.c, and my
impression is that other 16 are just NUL. If so, it would be worth
documenting that they're unused, especially since we documented
unused bits right in that section.

[1] https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/gitformat-index.txt#L84
```