From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:05:02 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support 64-bit indexes for pack files.
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0702272102440.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <5FE0C988-0DA8-4BFB-8F0C-42F97808E6F8@adacore.com>

Hi,

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Geert Bosch wrote:

> The object-count at the beginning of the pack is a little strange for 
> local on-disk pack files, as it is data that can easily be derived.

The SHA1 is also easily derived. So think of it as a doubly secure way to 
ensure integrity.

Remember, there were some people unable to accept that SHA1 collisions are 
_unlikely_...

Ciao,
Dscho