Documentation: remove a "future work" item from the MIDX docs

One of the items listed as "future work" in the MIDX's technical
documentation is to extend the format to allow MIDXs to be written
incrementally across multiple layers.

This was suggested all the way back in ceab693d1f (multi-pack-index: add
design document, 2018-07-12), and implemented in b9497848df (Merge
branch 'tb/incremental-midx-part-1', 2024-08-19). Let's remove it
accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Acked-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Taylor Blau
2025-03-20 13:56:24 -04:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 683c54c999
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@@ -167,16 +167,6 @@ m->num_objects_in_base`).
Future Work
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- The multi-pack-index allows many packfiles, especially in a context
where repacking is expensive (such as a very large repo), or
unexpected maintenance time is unacceptable (such as a high-demand
build machine). However, the multi-pack-index needs to be rewritten
in full every time. We can extend the format to be incremental, so
writes are fast. By storing a small "tip" multi-pack-index that
points to large "base" MIDX files, we can keep writes fast while
still reducing the number of binary searches required for object
lookups.
- If the multi-pack-index is extended to store a "stable object order"
(a function Order(hash) = integer that is constant for a given hash,
even as the multi-pack-index is updated) then MIDX bitmaps could be