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Re:Git archive checksums may change by skobovm on Monday January 30, 2023 @05:35PM (#34587520)
How would anyone (outside of GH) have known this? The checksums have been stable for years, and this issue resulted from an internal update to the version of Git being used. It also was not publicized, until this ex post facto blog post
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Re:Git archive checksums may change by blueflow on Monday January 30, 2023 @05:47PM (#34587712)
I remember contributing to package recipes where linking to Github was explicitly forbidden due to checksum instability. This was 7 years ago i think.
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Re:Git archive checksums may change by anecdotal1 on Monday January 30, 2023 @05:51PM (#34587770)
They have not been stable

https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/commit/a43ec88422ee...

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