Re: [PATCH 23/44] setup: set the_repository's hash algo when checking format

> On Wed, 13 May 2020 at 02:56, brian m. carlson
> <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> wrote:
> >
> > When we're checking the repository's format, set the hash algorithm at
> > the same time.  This ensures that we perform a suitable initialization
> > early enough to avoid confusing any parts of the code.  If we defer
> > until later, we can end up with portions of the code which are confused
> > about the hash algorithm, resulting in segfaults.
> 
> This doesn't make a difference as long as you just use SHA-1, right?
> That is, this isn't a bug in the first half of this series nor in
> v2.27-rc0 as long as you stick to SHA-1?