"brian m. carlson" <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > The output of 'git archive' is guaranteed to be the same across > versions of git, but the archive itself is not guaranteed to be > bit-for-bit identical. I do not quite get this; your original was clearer. What does it mean to "be the same across versions of git but not identical" at the same time? If output from Git version 1.0 and 2.0 are guranteed to be the same across versions, what more is there for the readers to worry about the format stability? Perhaps you meant ... is guaranteed to be the same for any given version of Git across ports. or something? It would allow kernel.org's use of "Konstantin tells kernel.org users to use Git version X to run 'git archive' and create detached signature on the output, and upload only the signature. The site uses the same Git version X to run 'git archive' to create a tarball and the detached signature magically matches, as the output on two places are bit-for-bit identical". > The output of 'git archive' has changed > in the past, and most likely will in the future. That is correct as a statement of fact. I feel that saying it is either redundant and insufficient at the same time. If we want to tell them "do not depend on the output being bit-for-bit identical", we should say it more explicitly after this sentence, I would think.
