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Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v1.8.3-rc0

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Apr 27, 2013, 02:24 UTC
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On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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>  * There was no good way to ask "I have a random string that came from
>    outside world. I want to turn it into a 40-hex object name while
>    making sure such an object exists".  A new peeling suffix ^{object}
>    can be used for that purpose, together with "rev-parse --verify".
>

What does this mean / what is the reason behind this? I can only think it might be useful in a test suite to make sure git isn't doing anything stupid with hashes...?

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  1. Junio C HamanoApr 27, 2013
  2. shawn wilsonApr 27, 2013
  3. Michael HaggertyApr 27, 2013
  4. Junio C HamanoApr 28, 2013
  5. John KeepingApr 27, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2013
  7. Fix grammar in the 1.8.3 release notes.Marc Branchaud, Apr 29, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2013
  10. Marc BranchaudApr 30, 2013
  11. Lukas FleischerMay 1, 2013
  12. Marc BranchaudMay 1, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2013
  14. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2013
  15. Eric SunshineApr 30, 2013
  16. Phil HordApr 30, 2013

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