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Re: any real-world SHA-256 repo users out there?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 3, 2022, 22:40 UTC
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<rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:
>>I have some indefinite plans to improve the support for
>>SHA-1/SHA-256 interop in the future, as well as port SHA-256
>>support to libgit2, but those are dependent on some things which
>>are not certain (but very likely) to occur.
That is encouraging to hear.

SHA-256 interop is one of the things I want to see appear sooner rather than later (it would be what I would answer to the popular "Git Rev News" question, if I were interviewed). I certainly would want it to materialize before I retire ;-)

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>>I strongly encourage folks to add SHA-256 repository support to
>>tooling since it's likely going to become more popular in the
>>future.  I have some local SHA-256 repositories on my systems and
>>they appear to work fine.
>
> Our tooling works correctly regardless of the choice of SHA-256,
> but have been waiting for GitHub et. al., to provide
> capabilities. I would welcome interoperability. What help do you
> need?
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  1. Eric WongApr 3, 2022
  2. brian m. carlsonApr 3, 2022
  3. rsbecker@nexbridge.comApr 3, 2022
  4. Junio C HamanoApr 3, 2022

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