From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.4 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_MED,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_IN_DEF_DKIM_WL autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99C53C433DF for ; Wed, 20 May 2020 17:25:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B57C207D8 for ; Wed, 20 May 2020 17:25:33 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=google.com header.i=@google.com header.b="Tw4a+st7" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727812AbgETRZc (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 May 2020 13:25:32 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:55646 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726891AbgETRZc (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 May 2020 13:25:32 -0400 Received: from mail-wr1-x441.google.com (mail-wr1-x441.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::441]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E7DE3C061A0E for ; Wed, 20 May 2020 10:25:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-wr1-x441.google.com with SMTP id j5so4014023wrq.2 for ; Wed, 20 May 2020 10:25:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=YYwrU8lJ4+mVYesm7Orz6+sKjW58w4ZA8sBE3VoyrKo=; b=Tw4a+st7hPaxmTTlZClfT6GCKXKl4m8qJY9wbYorbPpnPzIiw/Z7HDNJFPs4RLFL2G VEEXZuSVAcsvYb+qMh0NHOJPIy3AzNaQdn1lJaLg6TOheg4zI1kxSm5DG1+6wGQGWU6R 8Qqm4tw/ATPBRZ6D5tnc3abI7ANw9AI4/9oZVS1D063XRzsWQiXVmk54gvICwP5IsTl4 Qe22/zv4Pm93THtWzBQDxrnm6GUrf7Aij0OxxTa83wRgR+BPP7e84sxLSHCSMBI2m7ZE r3zV+Uz/krS/4F1jENvEmND4VhqzzNfGpLmNeJF9WcBBtpacvaFjF1UDvo2tccqvPjBc gqPA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=YYwrU8lJ4+mVYesm7Orz6+sKjW58w4ZA8sBE3VoyrKo=; b=Aqc6nTIdhMSTfCZab8qedLoWrZZfC8BWiGrcTY8eK17opX34phTojbtIc+COSBYQ8L YfQ7tnNWx4fJvhD0iLc4Lr7rayjbO45vdjQ5BmjYDblenUUUAK4M0NFYHCp5oXznWKfn pUMLkJUSMlx9spGNXezFrGZ57B+fIgj9TYwrXj0yVNG23bcFfjYGxRFdIzhD7CzjHSyn s+I/lJBt/swmUEIXkBooywUWeAgr3EVR36zuejzn4UunPobNcFa3145jSjBCTPbEkmhF 6ItDCEr0CEX/BinnOTGHuBUhDPTuowTx7aOCyy8QNHaN70Ci+udrVy3J4PF4chEe21bO x6ow== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531j/6D1sPX/1pOD0Vud34vQXE5gaWQ7UvGPf7+2pSifOv17Bn+/ Vhw8zDqn4vmlNBQapWgHcQmCvH+wG2dlBeE/sIlgWw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzUO+/e0DOzlIZo6jFnET7GsZQ/L0fBGv8nPlnA9/St3q9sCF/WrH6T8skaKiygeR5B50ZO59PGXMGCaUuHcCg= X-Received: by 2002:adf:df0e:: with SMTP id y14mr5014796wrl.6.1589995530474; Wed, 20 May 2020 10:25:30 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <96fd9814a6753e87fb99c6f9d55a0728d3dba6cb.1589226388.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Han-Wen Nienhuys Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 19:25:18 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 04/13] reftable: file format documentation To: Junio C Hamano Cc: Jonathan Nieder via GitGitGadget , git , Han-Wen Nienhuys , Jonathan Nieder Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 7:20 PM Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > Jonathan Nieder said that this is used for git-stash, but I have never > understood why this is necessary, and would love to clarify this > better. The doc says this: "The `log_type =3D 0x0` is mostly useful for `git stash drop`, removing an entry from the reflog of `refs/stash` in a transaction file (below), without needing to rewrite larger files. Readers reading a stack of reflogs must treat this as a deletion." I should probably look at the code for git-stash to see how this plays out. --=20 Han-Wen Nienhuys - Google Munich I work 80%. Don't expect answers from me on Fridays. -- Google Germany GmbH, Erika-Mann-Strasse 33, 80636 Munich Registergericht und -nummer: Hamburg, HRB 86891 Sitz der Gesellschaft: Hamburg Gesch=C3=A4ftsf=C3=BChrer: Paul Manicle, Halimah DeLaine Prado