[Nix-dev] fetchgit - why sha256 protection?

[Malcolm Matalka]

Could fetchgit handle that on its own though?

Also, at least for github, if you want to install a specific tag, which
isn't always the case, you can link to the .zip copy of it from the
github page.

/M

Shea Levy <shea at shealevy.com> writes:

> Is it terribly difficult to run nix-prefetch-git? Built-in vcs-specific support doesn't strike me as simplification.
>
> On Nov 19, 2012, at 7:10 AM, Joachim Schiele <js at lastlog.de> wrote:
>
>> ----- 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. 
>> 
>> 
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