From 4bdde337f40c089fea8e076eb00132fc093ca79e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Derrick Stolee Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2021 16:32:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] index-format: discuss recursion of cache-tree better The end of the cache tree index extension format trails off with ellipses ever since 23fcc98 (doc: technical details about the index file format, 2011-03-01). While an intuitive reader could gather what this means, it could be better to use "and so on" instead. Really, this is only justified because I also wanted to point out that the number of subtrees in the index format is used to determine when the recursive depth-first-search stack should be "popped." This should help to add clarity to the format. Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/technical/index-format.txt | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt index 65dcfa570d..b633482b1b 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt @@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ Git index format first entry represents the root level of the repository, followed by the first subtree--let's call this A--of the root level (with its name relative to the root level), followed by the first subtree of A (with - its name relative to A), ... + its name relative to A), and so on. The specified number of subtrees + indicates when the current level of the recursive stack is complete. === Resolve undo