Re: [PATCH] pack-objects: name pack files after trailer hash

> >              I was tempted to explicitly say something like "this is
> > opaque and meaningless to you, don't rely on it", but I don't know that
> > there is any need.
> [...]
> > On top of jk/name-pack-after-byte-representations, naturally.
> 
> I think there is --- if someone starts caring about the SHA-1 used,
> they won't be able to act on old packfiles that were created before
> this change.  How about something like the following instead?

> diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
> index d94edcd..cdab9ed 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
> @@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ base-name::
>  	<base-name> to determine the name of the created file.
>  	When this option is used, the two files are written in
>  	<base-name>-<SHA-1>.{pack,idx} files.  <SHA-1> is a hash
> -	of the sorted object names to make the resulting filename
> -	based on the pack content, and written to the standard
> +	based on the pack content and is written to the standard