Am Freitag, dem 31.12.2021 um 18:56 -0500 schrieb Mark H Weaver: > Hi Liliana, > > Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prik...@gmail.com> writes: > > > Git commit hashes do not just depend on the content. They also > > depend on how much effort you put into solving a proof of work > > challenge that won't ever earn you crypto coins [1]. > > My knowledge of git is admittedly not that strong, but my understanding > is that git commit hashes depend solely on the contents of the tree > plus the commit log and the commit history leading up to that point. > Am I mistaken? > > The "[1]" at the end of your sentence led me to expect a corresponding > footnote, but I wasn't able to easily find it. Can you please provide > a clarifying reference, or at least elaborate on what you meant here? Ahh, my bad, I meant to put in
[1] https://github.com/tochev/git-vanity at the end. It's a tool to set the short hash to an arbitrary chosen value by manipulating the commit log (as you'd expect). Cheers
