Subject: Re: The SHA256 of "xy\n" (ASCII, no CRLF) contains 1337, ACBAD in za, and I am 1aa

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:36:41 -0800

Jeff King <[email-masked]> writes:

> On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 09:16:46PM +0100, Klaus Sembritzki wrote:
>
>> $ # My initials (ks): 1aa
>> $ echo ks | sha256sum
>> $ 1aa44e718d5bc9b7ff2003dbbb6f154e16636d5c2128ffce4751af5124b65337
>> 
>> $ # 50566750337
>> $ echo thinking | sha256sum
>> $ 50566750337beb9e98e553fd9196d10576f9eb0cbc6b66e2586b9d73af4f352f
>
> Oh man, I've got deadbeef!
>
>   $ echo jk35252822 | sha256sum
>   33f1a74529870456c56ad97c59cfed6bdeadbeef9b9bc3f4ff49bb203e36f96b
>
> What could it all mean?

Sorry, but I have to admit that I completely lack humor receptor
cells.