- * Packed object index header
- *
- * struct pack_idx_header {
- * uint32_t idx_signature;
- * uint32_t idx_version;
- * };
- *
- * Note: this header isn't active yet. In future versions of git
- * we may change the index file format. At that time we would start
- * the first four bytes of the new index format with this signature,
- * as all older git binaries would find this value illegal and abort
- * reading the file.
+ * The first four bytes of index formats later than version 1 should
+ * start with this signature, as all older git binaries would find this
+ * value illegal and abort reading the file.