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| author |   Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> | 2022-09-08 10:21:05 +0200 |
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| committer | Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> | 2022-09-08 13:14:35 +0200 |
| commit | 2d609f4f49bafeea9a9d8dc822f128a742f06524 (patch) | |
| tree | 5d2b8c4225fe1d2baa6de49213cb4fb67b5e9597 | |
| parent | glep-0074: Clearly indicate that top-level Manifest is not listed (diff) | |
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glep-0074: Inline Manifest format description
Rather than limiting the GLEP to list changes from GLEP 44, include
a short inline explanation of the base Manifest format. This makes
the standard more standalone, and GLEP 44 did not do a very good job
of describing the format either.
Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>
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diff --git a/glep-0074.rst b/glep-0074.rst index 0ce7baf..677bf35 100644 --- a/glep-0074.rst +++ b/glep-0074.rst @@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ repurposed as a generic *tag* that could also indicate additional (non-checksum) metadata. Appropriately, those tags can be followed by other space-separated values. +The Manifest file is a line-oriented text file. Every line comprises +a single Manifest entry and consists of one or more fields separated +by a single space character (``U+0020``). The tags and their +corresponding fields are defined in the `modern Manifest tags`_ +and `deprecated Manifest tags`_ sections. + Unless specified otherwise, the paths used in the Manifest files are relative to the directory containing the Manifest file. The paths must not reference the parent directory (``..``). Forward slash (``/``) |