Re: VCS comparison table

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Hi,

On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, Jakub Narebski wrote:

> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, Lachlan Patrick wrote:
> > 
> >> How does git disambiguate SHA1 hash collisions?
> > 
> > It does not. You can fully expect the universe to go down before that 
> > happens.
>  
> Or you can compile git with COLLISION_CHECK
> 
> >From Makefile:
> # Define COLLISION_CHECK below if you believe that SHA1's
> # 1461501637330902918203684832716283019655932542976 hashes do not give you
> # sufficient guarantee that no collisions between objects will ever happen.

You can document your disbelief.

But it does not change a thing. Since v0.99~653, we do not have any 
collision check, even if compiled with COLLISION_CHECK.

Ciao,
Dscho

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