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Re: git behaviour question regarding SHA-1 and commits

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 13, 2011, 17:41 UTC
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This is not something you have to worry about, just get on with using Git and stop worrying about phenomenally unlikely edge cases that are never going to happen.

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  1. vinassa vinassaNov 13, 2011
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonNov 13, 2011
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 14, 2011
  4. Jeff KingNov 14, 2011
  5. Jonathan NiederNov 13, 2011
  6. vinassa vinassaNov 13, 2011
  7. Jeff KingNov 14, 2011
  8. Victor EngmarkNov 14, 2011
  9. Jeff KingNov 14, 2011
  10. Dmitry PotapovNov 13, 2011
  11. Johannes SixtNov 14, 2011

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