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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] sha1_file: add the ability to parse objects in "pack
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Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 00:25:43 +0200
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Linus Torvalds wrote:
...
> The common byte sequence for a compressed stream is
> 
> 	78 9c ...
> 
> where the first byte is the CMF byte (compression info and method).
> 
> But it's not the only possible such sequence according to the zlib format.

No, but 0x78 is the only first byte ever produced by git; the files are
always deflated (second nibble is 8) with window size 32K (first nibble
is 7).