Re: Mozilla .git tree

> On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, A Large Angry SCM wrote:
>> 
>> Unfortunately, the zlib CRC is of the _uncompressed_ data [1], so
>> inflating the stream is still necessary to check for corruption.
>
> I don't think that is unfortunate.
>
> We really should inflate the stream anyway, since not only inflating it, 
> but also applying any deltas to the base object is really the only way to 
> verify its correctness for a delta thing. Otherwise, the SHA1 of the base 
> could be totally corrupt.
>
> And once you inflate it and apply all deltas, you obviously also get the 
> full SHA1 check, so you're _really_ safe.
>
> So let's do the really safe thing first, and see if it actually results in 
> any problems.