On May 3, 2023 5:44:24 p.m. GMT+02:00, Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Git was designed to make it *impossible* to confuse two commits with similar >data. That was never ever the problem here. >> This is different. But aside, type + size + data are not really much >> different from just having data in a hash function. > >It's completely different. How so? Type and size are just about 2 and a dozen bits of data, respectfully. >There are different philosophical views of what "security" means, and it seems >pretty clear to me that your view does not align with the view of Linus >Torvalds. I'm not sure why you are name dropping Linus everywhere or assuming you know more than anyone here about hash functions. Your explanation is quite clear to me (and probably everyone else here). But I'll just leave it at that. Cheers, Adam
