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Mathieu Céraline@mathcrln
I notice the commits are regular uuids on /dev/null. To go even further with the git metaphor, what if we considered transitioning to content-addressed SHA-1 hashes like git does? Could also be a cool/clever way to approach editing commits etc if the feature ships later. What…
Kjell Kind@kachelle
can you explain this content-addressed SHA-1 hashes?

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Mathieu Céraline
On GitHub, commits usually look like e83c5163316f89bfbde7d9ab23ca2e25604af290. Unlike uuids on here (https://dev-null.sh/@kachelle/commits/01a1563d-fe17-70ec-af96-4d137aa047b4) that are arbitrary, git essentially creates the id if your commit by hashing your data. Basically a…
/dev/nullKjell Kind (@kachelle) replying to @mathcrln on /dev/null: “can you explain this content-addressed SHA-1 hashes?”can you explain this content-addressed SHA-1 hashes?