Kārlis Repsons venit, vidit, dixit 13.06.2009 17:26:
> Hi,
> It would be good to know what did Linus meant, when he said "and they will
> fail" about people, who would try changing some git projects' history (that
> is, the content, that is added already)? If I loose my repository completely,
> can I still know, that those contributions there are the same after I pull
> and how? What contents can be deleted, while still retaining consistency?
>
> Regards,
> Kārlis
The sha1 ("object name") of a commit depends not only on its contents,
but on all its predecessors. So if you know one commit's sha1 to be
"original" you know for all its ancestors.
Michael
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