Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: patch: automatic remove the corrupt revlib revision

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

>>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

    >> That's a big assumption, isn't it?  Specifically, is "a strong
    >> hash of the whole revision" significantly easier to compute
    >> reliably than a Git tree object?

    Stefan> What's so hard about computing a hash of a whole revision?

If I knew, I would have told you.

    Stefan> especially knowing this is a revision in a revlib,
    Stefan> i.e. there should be no extra spurious file, except for
    Stefan> the ones tla puts there.

I'm not worried about files---we've had checksum utilities that
operate on manifests for decades---except those that contain directory
information.  Do (sub)directories not matter for these purposes?


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