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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ kernel/git coding style.
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Where possible include updates to NEWS along with your improvements.
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-New functionality and bug fixes should be accompanied with matching unit tests.
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+New functionality and bug fixes should be accompanied by matching unit tests.
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Coding style
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@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ unittest2 (which you will need to have installed) on older versions of Python.
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String Types
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Like Linux, Git treats filenames as arbitrary bytestrings. There is no prescribed
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-encoding for these strings, and although it is fairly common to use UTF-8, anything
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-can and is used as encoding with Git.
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+encoding for these strings, and although it is fairly common to use UTF-8, any
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+raw byte strings are supported.
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For this reason, Dulwich internally treats git-based filenames as bytestrings. It is up
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to the Dulwich API user to encode and decode them if necessary.
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@@ -38,4 +38,3 @@ to the Dulwich API user to encode and decode them if necessary.
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* git-repository related filenames: bytes
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* object sha1 digests (20 bytes long): bytes
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* object sha1 hexdigests (40 bytes long): str (bytestrings on python2, strings on python3)
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Jelmer Vernooij