On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 09:07:27AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > ... But use of _by_name() that does > > not limit the input to hexadecimal _is_ a problem ... > > Ah, no, sorry, this was wrong. The original used "rev-parse -q --verify" > without restricting the "single word" to "sha1 prefix". > Yeah, I've sent a v2 that removes the false verdicts from the commit message. Even if we restricted it to SHAs it would still be ambiguous.. I guess it doesn't matter in practice. Thanks