Re: [PATCH v2 00/11] Add SHA-256 by default as a breaking change

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 1, 2025, 22:10 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqikkbimu3.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20250701212237.766774-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>

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

> Changes since v1:
> * Add a build option for the default hash and use it in the tests.

WITH_BREAKING_CHANGES flips GIT_HASH_DEFAULT between SHA-1 and SHA-256 as before, but the choice is now exposed via "git help --build-options", so test-lib.sh does not have to switch based on WITH_BREAKING_CHANGES and use the build-options embedded in the binary.

Very nice.

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