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Re:The Git project selects SHA-256 as the next-gen hash func... by eldridgea on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @05:28PM (#17822353)
I believe this was in response to the SHAttered[0] attack which was a demonstrated SHA-1 collision

[0] https://shattered.io/

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Re:The Git project selects SHA-256 as the next-gen hash func... by shakna on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @07:16PM (#17823120)
Git uses a hardened SHA-1, not vulnerable to SHAttered, since v2.13.0 [0] But the fear of more attacks helped transition the move.

[0] https://blog.github.com/2017-05-10-git-2-13-has-been-release...

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