Index Fileformat: stat(2) info necessary? What for?

Hi, I am still working on implementing git in Python for self education purposes. Implementing the Index in memory was no problem after I understood how its done with help of Andreas Ericsson and Junio C Hamano. Now I want to store an Index state to the filesystem in a git-compatible file format.

Re: Understanding Git Under The Hood: Trees

Hi Andreas, you gave me a lot of new insight and keywords I can google (Junio as well!). Thanks a lot! On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Andreas Ericsson wrote: > More or less, yes, but please don't confuse "directory tree" with "git > tree". They're not the same. A directory tree can contain mu

Re: Understanding Git Under The Hood: Trees

On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > While the last statement applies to other parts of the system, it is > not true for the in-core index design. We always had a flat index, > and it is not cheating at all. The original "tree" was also a flat > representation of everything u

Understanding Git Under The Hood: Trees

Hi, I'm currently trying to understand the inner workings of git better by writing a git clone in Python. I find it rather hard to understand how to efficiently use trees. What I understand is this: Trees are in essence blobs with a specific content. The content is a relation between other blobs