From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2023 05:59:11 GMT
Subject: Re: SHA256 support not experimental, or?
Message-ID: <xmqqmt0iajww.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <2f5de416-04ba-c23d-1e0b-83bb655829a7@zombino.com>

Adam Majer <adamm@zombino.com> writes:

> Is sha256 still considered experimental or can it be assumed to be stable?

I do not think we would officially label SHA-256 support as "stable"
until we have good interoperability with SHA-1 repositories, but the
expectation is that we will make reasonable effort to keep migration
path for the current SHA-256 repositories, even if it turns out that
its on-disk format need to be updated, to keep the end-user data safe.

So while "no-longer-experimental" patch is probably a bit premature,
the warning in flashing red letters to caution against any use other
than testing may want to be toned down.

Thanks.