Re: Gitorious should use CRC128 / 256 / 512 instead of SHA-1

From: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: Jan 13, 2023, 16:02 UTC
Message-ID: <20230113160218.d3nsoxpbrxrrszhz@meerkat.local>
In-Reply-To: <d087568b-919e-61f8-c203-e59a2e0572c6@selasky.org>

On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 04:54:39PM +0100, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:

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> On 1/13/23 16:45, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> >   If, for some reason, Linus ever needs to remove something
> > from linux.git, he will do it and just give a heads-up why and for what
> > reason.
> 
> This gotta be a joke.
> 
> There are 46K forks of Linus Torvalds Linux kernel on GitHUB, and if Linus
> Torvalds one day decides to do a forced push, it will for sure be a
> disaster!

No it won't, and I speak from some position of authority on this subject (I'm responsible for git.kernel.org).

If Linus has to alter the history of linux.git, it will for sure be an extraordinary event -- it's never happened yet. However, it will be widely publicised, the reasons for it will be made clear, and everyone will just accept it and move on.

Git history edits occur all the time. Most tooling expects this to occasionally happen and deals with it correctly.

-K