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Documentation: clarify the invalidated tree entry format

When the entry_count is -1, the tree is invalidated and therefore has
not associated hash (or object name). Explicitly state that the next
entry starts after the newline.

Signed-off-by: Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Carlos Martín Nieto 14 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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      Documentation/technical/index-format.txt

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@ -147,8 +147,9 @@ GIT index format @@ -147,8 +147,9 @@ GIT index format
- 160-bit object name for the object that would result from writing
this span of index as a tree.

An entry can be in an invalidated state and is represented by having -1
in the entry_count field.
An entry can be in an invalidated state and is represented by having
-1 in the entry_count field. In this case, there is no object name
and the next entry starts immediately after the newline.

The entries are written out in the top-down, depth-first order. The
first entry represents the root level of the repository, followed by the

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