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Could you post or describe your script to deflate these? (It seems to be different to other git objects, and not just a zlib deflate)
– Andy Hayden
Commented Nov 10, 2014 at 21:31
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Ah ha, you mention just that (it's the hexification or the 20 bytes, great!)
– Andy Hayden
Commented Nov 10, 2014 at 21:43
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If you're interested in creating the git tree object manually from its contents, it's important to note that the [Entries having references to other trees and blobs] needs to be sorted alphabetically by [file/folder name] (aka path).
– Ross Feller
Commented Aug 12, 2015 at 17:59
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@RossFeller could you point to some reference and explain what will go wrong otherwise? I was able to create two different tree objects which differ by the order of entries without any problems.
– qbolec
Commented Jul 19, 2016 at 11:05
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@user2284570 re: content size - it's the size of the entire tree object itself.
– Ben
Commented Aug 23, 2018 at 2:31

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