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object database [git]
The database for
git objects
, stored under
.git/objects
(
loose objects
) and
.git/objects/pack
(
object database [git]
git-db-pack-files[pack files])
Loose objects
One
file corresponds to
one
object
.
The content of the file is not compressed and not in an other binary format: it can be viewed with
cat
or a text editor.
Pack files
In order to save space, git might choose to
pack
multiple
loose objects
into a
pack file
(along with an
*.idx
file.
TODO:
git show-index
Apparently, git uses
zlib
to compress the loose object files.
See also
git prune
,
git fsck
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