From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2021 06:55:02 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] docs: note that archives are not stable
Message-ID: <xmqqeegwloah.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <YD7aDwX/aiRN0GZs@camp.crustytoothpaste.net>

"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:

> I think what I had intended was that Git produces deterministic output,
> but I don't actually think that's true across ports.  If someone uses a
> different version of zlib on a different OS, the output may differ.

I agree.  When I wrote my response, I had the "tar" format in mind,
which we write everything ourselves, but zip and also the compressed
output is a different story---we do rely on third-party libraries.

Thanks.