git/Documentation/technical
Taylor Blau 6eb1a7d7b0 Documentation: describe incremental MIDX format
Prepare to implement incremental multi-pack indexes (MIDXs) over the
next several commits by first describing the relevant prerequisites
(like a new chunk in the MIDX format, the directory structure for
incremental MIDXs, etc.)

The format is described in detail in the patch contents below, but the
high-level description is as follows.

Incremental MIDXs live in $GIT_DIR/objects/pack/multi-pack-index.d, and
each `*.midx` within that directory has a single "parent" MIDX, which is
the MIDX layer immediately before it in the MIDX chain. The chain order
resides in a file 'multi-pack-index-chain' in the same directory.

Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-08-06 12:01:35 -07:00
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.gitignore
api-error-handling.txt
api-index-skel.txt
api-index.sh
api-merge.txt
api-parse-options.txt
api-simple-ipc.txt
api-trace2.txt
bitmap-format.txt Documentation/technical/bitmap-format.txt: add missing position table 2024-06-14 14:19:26 -07:00
bundle-uri.txt
commit-graph.txt
directory-rename-detection.txt
hash-function-transition.txt
long-running-process-protocol.txt
multi-pack-index.txt Documentation: describe incremental MIDX format 2024-08-06 12:01:35 -07:00
pack-heuristics.txt
packfile-uri.txt
parallel-checkout.txt
partial-clone.txt
racy-git.txt
reftable.txt
remembering-renames.txt
repository-version.txt refs: introduce reftable backend 2024-02-07 08:28:37 -08:00
rerere.txt
scalar.txt
send-pack-pipeline.txt
shallow.txt
sparse-checkout.txt
sparse-index.txt
trivial-merge.txt
unit-tests.txt