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Re:SHA-1 'fully and practically broken' by new collision (2020) by duskwuff on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @10:23PM (#28847524)
> I was surprise that no one suggested truncating SHA-256 to 160 bits...

To do that, you have to stop generating commit hashes with SHA-1, breaking compatibility with existing git clients.

And if you're going to do that, you might as well just use the whole SHA-256 hash, since compatibility is out the window already.

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