Jeff King <p...@peff.net> writes: > So yeah, we would want to put the pack trailer sha1 into the > supplementary index file, and check that it matches when we open it. > It's a slight annoyance, but it's O(1).
Yes. If I am not mistaken, that is exactly how an .idx file makes sure that it describes the matching .pack file (it has packfile checksum in its trailer). Otherwise you can repack the same set of objects into a new .pack file and make existing .idx very confused. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html