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Git 3.0's upcoming SHA-256 default will be a costly mistake (blog.gitbutler.com)

submitted 5 days ago by pylapp@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] quantumvoid0@programming.dev 8 points 4 days ago* (2 children)

thats bad, i got couple of repos on sha-256, i wonder what happens if they drop it, which i think they wont, do i have to like re-create them?

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[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago*

It's too late for this to have any effect. It's more "brace for the shitty unnecessary storm".

If you thought "main" was stupid...

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[–] chickenf622@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 days ago

I don't think they'll drop sha256. The breaking change is that it's now the default instead of sha1.

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