[Nix-dev] fetchgit - why sha256 protection?

[Joachim Schiele]

----- Original message -----
> Excerpts from Eelco Dolstra's message of Mon Nov 19 11:36:00 +0100 2012:
> > No.   "fetchgit" won't work if it's not a fixed-output derivation,
> > because it won't necessarily have network access (it might run in a
> > chroot).
> Again: I'm not talking about the current state. I'm aware about how it
> works.
> I'm talking about:
> "Does it make sense to introduce a special fixed hash for git repos" or
> "what about implementing git checkouts natively so that passing the
> git's hash is enough"?
> git sources are very common today.

True, simplification sounds like a good idea.


> Marc Weber
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