Luca Boccassi writes ("Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload"):
> A side note, but related: recently I had the (dis)pleasure of having
> to deal with a git repository that was switched to sha256 (SUSE's
> Gitea instance). The conversion is destructive, and breaks, for
> example, git submodules functionality (a sha1 repository cannot use
> sha256 submodules). So I'd be very careful in assuming repositories
> can be converted later.Since we want to base our work on upstream git, we can't just unilaterally make fresh sha256 repos, I think? (I'm not familiar with the current upstream git notions of the sha256 transition plan.) As for submodules, this is just another way they're broken. Never use git submodules. Blog psot: https://diziet.dreamwidth.org/14666.html -- Ian Jackson <[email protected]> These opinions are my own. Pronouns: they/he. If I emailed you from @fyvzl.net or @evade.org.uk, that is a private address which bypasses my fierce spamfilter.
