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There's been a lot of changing of the hardcoded "40" values to the_hash_algo->hexsz, but we've so far missed this one where we hardcoded 38 for the loose object file length. This is because a SHA-1 like abcde[...] gets turned into objects/ab/cde[...]. There's no reason to suppose the same won't be the case for SHA-256, and reading between the lines in hash-function-transition.txt the format is planned to be the same. In the future we may want to further modify this code for the hash function transition. There's a potential pathological case here where we'll only consider the loose objects for the currently active hash, but objects for that hash will share a directory storage with the other hash. Thus we could theoretically have e.g. 1k SHA-1 loose objects, and 1 million SHA-256 objects. Then not notice that we need to pack them because we're currently using SHA-1, even though our FS may be straining under the stress of such humongous directories. So assuming that "gc" eventually learns to pack up both SHA-1 and SHA-256 objects regardless of what the current the_hash_algo is, perhaps this check should be changed to consider all files in objects/17/ matching [0-9a-f] 38 or 62 characters in length (i.e. both SHA-1 and SHA-256). But none of that is something we need to worry about now, and supporting both 38 and 62 characters depending on "the_hash_algo" removes another case of SHA-1 hardcoding. As noted in [1] I'm making no effort to somehow remove the hardcoding for "2" as in "use the first two hexdigits for the directory name". There's no indication that that'll ever change, and somehow generalizing it here would be a drop in the ocean, so there's no point in doing that. It also couldn't be done without coming up with some generalized version of the magical "objects/17" directory. See [2] for a discussion of that directory. 1. https://public-inbox.org/git/874l84ber7.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com/ 2. https://public-inbox.org/git/87k1mta9x5.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com/ Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.
Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
Many Git online resources are accessible from https://git-scm.com/ including full documentation and Git related tools.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-.txt for documentation of each command.
If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
read with man gittutorial or git help tutorial, and the
documentation of each command with man git-<commandname> or git help <commandname>.
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
(man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is
installed).
The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission). To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are available at https://public-inbox.org/git/, http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites.
Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to the Git Security mailing list git-security@googlegroups.com.
The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that list the current status of various development topics to the mailing list. The discussion following them give a good reference for project status, development direction and remaining tasks.
The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker" and the name as (depending on your mood):
- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks