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Re:Git archive checksums may change by thirtyseven on Monday January 30, 2023 @07:43PM (#34589124)
The people that this broke weren't directly depending on the output of git archive being stable, but were assuming that the response data for a particular URL would stay constant. Maybe not a great idea either but not entirely unreasonable IMO.
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Re:Git archive checksums may change by nilsbunger on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @05:04AM (#34593343)
Oh interesting. But if an archive hash isn’t stable, how is it meant to be used? What’s it good for?
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