Re: SHA256 support not experimental, or?
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brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
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- Jun 29, 2023, 01:59 UTC
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On 2023-06-28 at 16:28:28, Adam Majer wrote:
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> Hi all, > > Is sha256 still considered experimental or can it be assumed to be stable? > > The usecase here is we are planning on moving to sha256 repositories mostly > due to integrity guarantees, hypothetical or otherwise. What is important is > not the initial interop challenges with sha1 repos, but whether the on-disk > format will remain compatible with future versions of git. At minimum, the > on-disk format would be converted by some future version(s) of git into > another one and not be an end-of-the-road because it was "experimental" > where dataloss is an implied risk.
I have no intention of changing things at this point. I think it should be viewed as stable by now, and I'd support this patch, although to get it picked up it will need a commit message and a sign-off.
-- brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them) Toronto, Ontario, CA