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Re: Efficiently storing SHA-1 ↔ SHA-256 mappings in compatibility mode

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 28, 2025, 14:53 UTC
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Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> writes:
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> I don't like SQLite's approach to rejecting outside
> contributions; but otherwise it's served me well with various
> bits of Perl code for the last 15 years or so.  Yeah, the SQLite
> developer doesn't have the highest opinion of git, but we
> shouldn't let that affect our decision making.
They're in "public domain", IIRC.  And portable than we are ;-)
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> [1] Fwiw, I enjoyed working on git a lot more when it used more
>     high-level scripting glue.  I'm disappointed in the overall
>     movement towards AOT languages (C, now Rust) due to large
>     toolchains, slow builds + linkers.  Hacking was much more
>     discoverable when I could just edit installed scripts like
>     config files and not have to deal with builds at all :>
Ahh, the halcyon days...
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  1. brian m. carlsonAug 14, 2025
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 14, 2025
  3. brian m. carlsonAug 14, 2025
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 14, 2025
  5. Derrick StoleeAug 15, 2025
  6. Patrick SteinhardtSep 3, 2025
  7. Eric WongAug 27, 2025
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 28, 2025
  9. brian m. carlsonAug 28, 2025
  10. Eric WongAug 29, 2025

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