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    use SHA256 by default · ef345719
    Joey Hess authored
    To get old behavior, add a .gitattributes containing: * annex.backend=WORM
    
    I feel that SHA256 is a better default for most people, as long as their
    systems are fast enough that checksumming their files isn't a problem.
    git-annex should default to preserving the integrity of data as well as git
    does. Checksum backends also work better with editing files via
    unlock/lock.
    
    I considered just using SHA1, but since that hash is believed to be somewhat
    near to being broken, and git-annex deals with large files which would be a
    perfect exploit medium, I decided to go to a SHA-2 hash.
    
    SHA512 is annoyingly long when displayed, and git-annex displays it in a
    few places (and notably it is shown in ls -l), so I picked the shorter
    hash. Considered SHA224 as it's even shorter, but feel it's a bit weird.
    
    I expect git-annex will use SHA-3 at some point in the future, but
    probably not soon!
    
    Note that systems without a sha256sum (or sha256) program will fall back to
    defaulting to SHA1.
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