which looks like this:
(undeltified representation)
- n-byte type and length (4-bit type, (n-1)*7+4-bit length)
+ n-byte type and length (3-bit type, (n-1)*7+4-bit length)
compressed data
(deltified representation)
- n-byte type and length (4-bit type, (n-1)*7+4-bit length)
+ n-byte type and length (3-bit type, (n-1)*7+4-bit length)
20-byte base object name
compressed delta data
+--------------------------------+ |
main | offset | |
index | object name 00XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | |
-table +--------------------------------+ |
+table +--------------------------------+ |
| offset | |
| object name 00XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | |
+--------------------------------+ |
| +--------------------------------+
| | idxfile checksum |
| +--------------------------------+
- .-------.
+ .-------.
|
Pack file entry: <+
packed object header:
- 1-byte type (upper 4-bit)
- size0 (lower 4-bit)
+ 1-byte size extension bit (MSB)
+ type (next 3 bit)
+ size0 (lower 4-bit)
n-byte sizeN (as long as MSB is set, each 7-bit)
size0..sizeN form 4+7+7+..+7 bit integer, size0
- is the most significant part.
+ is the least significant part, and sizeN is the
+ most significant part.
packed object data:
If it is not DELTA, then deflated bytes (the size above
is the size before compression).
If it is DELTA, then
20-byte base object name SHA1 (the size above is the
- size of the delta data that follows).
+ size of the delta data that follows).
delta data, deflated.