Subject: Re: VCS comparison table

From: Jakub Narebski <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:03:53 +0200

Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, Jakub Narebski wrote:
> 
>> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>> 
>>> On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, Lachlan Patrick wrote:
>>> 
>>>> How does git disambiguate SHA1 hash collisions?
>>> 
>>> It does not. You can fully expect the universe to go down before that 
>>> happens.
>>  
>> Or you can compile git with COLLISION_CHECK
>> 
>> From Makefile:
>> # Define COLLISION_CHECK below if you believe that SHA1's
>> # 1461501637330902918203684832716283019655932542976 hashes do not give you
>> # sufficient guarantee that no collisions between objects will ever happen.
> 
> You can document your disbelief.
> 
> But it does not change a thing. Since v0.99~653, we do not have any 
> collision check, even if compiled with COLLISION_CHECK.

So why it is left in Makefile? Does defining this change a thing
or not (in which case this section should be removed)?

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland