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Doc mark-up fix.

* tl/midx-docfix:
  midx: fix a formatting issue in "multi-pack-index.txt"
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Junio C Hamano 2021-12-10 14:35:11 -08:00
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@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ is not feasible due to storage space or excessive repack times.
The multi-pack-index (MIDX for short) stores a list of objects
and their offsets into multiple packfiles. It contains:
- A list of packfile names.
- A sorted list of object IDs.
- A list of metadata for the ith object ID including:
- A value j referring to the jth packfile.
- An offset within the jth packfile for the object.
- If large offsets are required, we use another list of large
* A list of packfile names.
* A sorted list of object IDs.
* A list of metadata for the ith object ID including:
** A value j referring to the jth packfile.
** An offset within the jth packfile for the object.
* If large offsets are required, we use another list of large
offsets similar to version 2 pack-indexes.
Thus, we can provide O(log N) lookup time for any number