Re: [PATCH 0/4] hash: introduce generic wrappers to update hash contexts

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On Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 10:16:19AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Patrick Steinhardt <ps@xxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > this patch series introduces a couple of generic wrappers to update hash
> > contexts. Instead of updating contexts via function pointers provided by
> > the hash algorithm, we now remember the hash algorithm in the context
> > itself. As a result, subsequent calls that update the hash don't need to
> > remember which algorithm they used:
> >
> >     ```
> >     struct git_hash_ctx ctx;
> >     struct object_id oid;
> >
> >     git_hash_sha1_init(&ctx);
> >     git_hash_update(&ctx, data);
> >     git_hash_final_oid(&oid, &ctx);
> >     ```
> >
> > This was discussed in [1] and [2].
> >
> > The series is built on top of master at 3b0d05c4a7 (The fifth batch,
> > 2025-01-29) with tb/unsafe-hashtcleanup at 04292c3796 (hash.h: drop
> > unsafe_ function variants, 2025-01-23) merged into it.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> > [1]: <Z3fhK1ACzJfVehM2@xxxxxx>
> > [2]: <Z4jyZCAwqOjZ-u2U@xxxxxx>
> 
> Sounds sensible.  
> 
> It seems to textually interact with Karthik's attempt to pass down a
> hash_algo instance through the callchain in pack-write.c but I
> should be able to resolve the conflicts.

Ah, sorry, I didn't do a test merge with 'seen'. In any case, the
conflict resolution looks good to me, thanks!

Patrick




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