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Re: [PATCH 2/2] hex: drop sha1_to_hex()

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Nov 12, 2019, 12:12 UTC
Message-ID
<20191112121247.GA12074@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20191112114458.GP4348@szeder.dev>
On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 12:44:58PM +0100, SZEDER Gábor wrote:
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> > > 1:  8a030f1796 ! 1:  02d21d4117 hex: drop sha1_to_hex()
> > >     @@ Commit message
> > >          hex: drop sha1_to_hex()
> > >      
> > >          There's only a single caller left of sha1_to_hex(), since everybody now
> > >     -    uses oid_to_hex() instead. This case is in the sha1dc wrapper, where we
> > >     +    uses hash_to_hex() instead. This case is in the sha1dc wrapper, where we
> > >          print a hex sha1 when we find a collision. This one will always be sha1,
> > >     -    regardless of the current hash algorithm, so we can't use oid_to_hex()
> > >     +    regardless of the current hash algorithm, so we can't use hash_to_hex()
> > >          here. In practice we'd probably not be running sha1 at all if it isn't
> > >          the current algorithm, but it's possible we might still occasionally
> > >          need to compute a sha1 in a post-sha256 world.
> [...]
> And because of this the updated "since everybody uses hash_to_hex()"
> in the first hunk sounds a bit wrong, because barely anybody actually
> uses hash_to_hex().
You're right, I should have read more carefully.
-Peff
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Message 10 of 17 in “getting rid of sha1_to_hex()”
  1. 0/2 getting rid of sha1_to_hex()Jeff King, Nov 11, 2019
  2. 1/2 hex: drop sha1_to_hex_r()Jeff King, Nov 11, 2019
  3. Johannes SchindelinNov 11, 2019
  4. 2/2 hex: drop sha1_to_hex()Jeff King, Nov 11, 2019
  5. SZEDER GáborNov 11, 2019
  6. Jeff KingNov 11, 2019
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 12, 2019
  8. Jeff KingNov 12, 2019
  9. SZEDER GáborNov 12, 2019
  10. Jeff KingNov 12, 2019
  11. Junio C HamanoNov 12, 2019
  12. Jeff KingNov 12, 2019
  13. Junio C HamanoNov 13, 2019
  14. Jeff KingNov 13, 2019
  15. Junio C HamanoNov 11, 2019
  16. Jeff KingNov 11, 2019
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