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About "file size" issue, file size should change to uint64? #6755

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This is a git file structure, we cannot change it without breaking compatibility with git itself.

This part of the index is known as the “cache” and contains information about the files on disk to avoid unnecessary reads. The data can be lower fidelity - and doesn’t need full precision.

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This discussion was converted from issue #6754 on March 10, 2024 17:01.