Re:Git 3.0's upcoming SHA-256 default will be a costly mistake
by kazinator on Friday October 02, 2026 @01:22PM
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> you're arguing a position which indicates you don't know git's physical (textual) commmit structure.
That is false; hopefully everyone here understands that it's a graph linked by hash "pointers", such as SHA-1. I have not seen evidence otherwise.
> time (
Of course I understand that it's (possibly vastly) more expensive to digest the content than just a top-level node. So what? Maybe someone would pay that, if they had the option.
That is false; hopefully everyone here understands that it's a graph linked by hash "pointers", such as SHA-1. I have not seen evidence otherwise.
> time (
Of course I understand that it's (possibly vastly) more expensive to digest the content than just a top-level node. So what? Maybe someone would pay that, if they had the option.