Document: git-index-format
Title: Git index format
Author: Robin Rosenberg, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Junio C Hamano, and the git list
Abstract: The on-disk format of Git's staging area, merging area,
 and working directory cache.
Section: File Management

Format: Text
Files: /usr/share/doc/git-doc/technical/index-format.txt