Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > +Alternatives considered > +----------------------- > +Upgrading everyone working on a particular project on a flag day > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ... > +Using hash functions in parallel > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ... Good that we are not doing these ;-) > +Lazily populated translation table > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > +Some of the work of building the translation table could be deferred to > +push time, but that would significantly complicate and slow down pushes. > +Calculating the sha1-name at object creation time at the same time it is > +being streamed to disk and having its newhash-name calculated should be > +an acceptable cost. And the version described in the body of the document hopefully would be simpler. It certainly would be, when SHA-1 content and NewHash content are the same (i.e. blob). THanks.
