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Re: On raw strings in <origin> commit field


From: Liliana Marie Prikler
Subject: Re: On raw strings in <origin> commit field
Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2022 01:15:26 +0100
User-agent: Evolution 3.42.1

Am Freitag, dem 31.12.2021 um 18:56 -0500 schrieb Mark H Weaver:
> Hi Liliana,
> 
> Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Git commit hashes do not just depend on the content.  They also
> > depend on how much effort you put into solving a proof of work
> > challenge that won't ever earn you crypto coins [1].
> 
> My knowledge of git is admittedly not that strong, but my understanding
> is that git commit hashes depend solely on the contents of the tree
> plus the commit log and the commit history leading up to that point. 
> Am I mistaken?
> 
> The "[1]" at the end of your sentence led me to expect a corresponding
> footnote, but I wasn't able to easily find it.  Can you please provide
> a clarifying reference, or at least elaborate on what you meant here?
Ahh, my bad, I meant to put in

[1] https://github.com/tochev/git-vanity

at the end.  It's a tool to set the short hash to an arbitrary chosen
value by manipulating the commit log (as you'd expect).

Cheers



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