reftable: clarify how empty tables should be written
commit10f007c37031df64a5786f032f52fd1327920e0d
authorHan-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com>
Wed, 20 May 2020 17:36:11 +0000 (20 17:36 +0000)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Tue, 9 Jun 2020 20:48:36 +0000 (9 13:48 -0700)
tree01aaa7a3391f3fbda50cafedd820794269f3a88e
parent35e6c47404852e9c529d55a3bd374305fb08b743
reftable: clarify how empty tables should be written

The format allows for some ambiguity, as a lone footer also starts
with a valid file header. However, the current JGit code will barf on
this. This commit codifies this behavior into the standard.

Signed-off-by: Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation/technical/reftable.txt