Re: groff in git (was Re: [RFC] input.cpp: Remove use of strncat(3))

[Eric S. Raymond]

Dave Kemper <saint.snit@gmail.com>:
> Eric, can reposurgeon retroactively add an earlier release to git
> without changing all the existing git hashes (which are referenced all
> over the place, in the bug tracker and elsewhere)?  I know nothing
> about how these hashes are generated, so this may be utterly
> infeasible.

Alas, no. The downstream hashes would all change.
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>