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lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

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

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

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Git 3.0's upcoming SHA-256 default will be a costly mistake
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Git 3.0 will make SHA-256 the new default content hashing algorithm and it will be an incomprehensibly expensive and ultimately valueless and avoidable global nightmare.
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    There’s apparently work going on to have on the fly translations between SHA-1 and SHA-256 as necessary

    https://git-scm.com/docs/hash-function-transition

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