Re: VCS comparison table
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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
- Date
- Oct 20, 2006, 11:37 UTC
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- <Pine.LNX.4.63.0610201335420.14200@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
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- <ehaapb$5t7$3@sea.gmane.org>
Hi,
On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, Jakub Narebski wrote:
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> Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, Lachlan Patrick wrote: > > > >> How does git disambiguate SHA1 hash collisions? > > > > It does not. You can fully expect the universe to go down before that > > happens. > > Or you can compile git with COLLISION_CHECK > > >From Makefile: > # Define COLLISION_CHECK below if you believe that SHA1's > # 1461501637330902918203684832716283019655932542976 hashes do not give you > # sufficient guarantee that no collisions between objects will ever happen.
You can document your disbelief.
But it does not change a thing. Since v0.99~653, we do not have any collision check, even if compiled with COLLISION_CHECK.
Ciao, Dscho