Re: [PATCH 04/10] Use original hash for legacy formats

> On 2025-06-20 at 14:26:37, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> If we call use a name with SHA-1 in it (e.g., GIT_HASH_MUST_BE_SHA1)
>> from the beginning, perhaps we do not have to rename _ORIGINAL later?
>
> We could call it GIT_HASH_LEGACY_SHA1 if you prefer that.  I originally
> considered something like GIT_HASH_GOOD_OLD_REV (GOOD_OLD_REV comes from
> ext2's much more rigid and less extendable v0 rather than its newer v1
> format), but I felt like that would be too esoteric and not document
> things well enough.
>
> I'm also open to other ideas for naming if someone has them.  After all,
> naming things is one of the hard problems in computer science.