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Date:      Sun, 7 Feb 2021 16:59:13 -0500
From:      Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>
To:        Ulrich =?utf-8?B?U3DDtnJsZWlu?= <uqs@freebsd.org>
Cc:        git@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: hashes changing for the freebsd-ports repo on Sunday
Message-ID:  <20210207215913.pvb2jwd7rzi7fkaa@mutt-hbsd>
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On Sun, Feb 07, 2021 at 08:48:38PM +0100, Ulrich Sp=F6rlein wrote:
> On Sun, 2021-02-07 at 12:46:48 -0500, Shawn Webb wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 07, 2021 at 06:21:10PM +0100, Ulrich Sp=F6rlein wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2021-02-07 at 11:34:37 -0500, Shawn Webb wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Feb 07, 2021 at 05:24:33PM +0100, Ulrich Sp=F6rlein wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, 2021-02-03 at 13:54:56 +0100, Ulrich Sp=F6rlein wrote:
> > > > > > Hi folks,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It's another one of those instances where the hashes will change
> > > > > > (starting with all commits from Jan 5th 2021 forward).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Our latest ports committers were not added to the authormap fil=
e in time
> > > > > > _and_ this stopped being a fatal issue in the converter a while=
 ago :/
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Please bear with us a while longer.
> > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > Uli
> > > > > >
> > > > > > PS: This also affects the src and doc repos, but they will obvi=
uously
> > > > > > not be changed again, see the errata notes at
> > > > > > https://github.com/freebsd/git_conv/tree/next
> > > > >
> > > > > This has now been pushed and the new hashes (and missing authorna=
mes!) are
> > > > > live.
> > > >
> > > > Sorry for what may seem like dumb questions, but I just wanted to m=
ake
> > > > sure:
> > > >
> > > > 1. For downstream projects that have already switched to
> > > >   git.freebsd.org for src, do we need to deal with changed hashes
> > > >   again? (ie, git merge --allow-unrelated-histories)
> > >=20
> > > Nothing changed for src.
> > >=20
> > > > 2. Do I now need to merge unrelated histories on ports if I use por=
ts
> > > >   from github?
> > >=20
> > > Depends a bit. There is shared history, but it forkes off way in the =
past,
> > > so if you have work on custom branch, it might indeed be easiest to m=
erge
> > > with --allow-unrelated-histories.
> > >=20
> > > (I personally would probably write out the merge commit manually myse=
lf,
> > > it's much easier than figuring out what sort of flags one needs on th=
e `git
> > > merge`.)
> > >=20
> > > Of course, if you're using rebase-based workflows, this all will be r=
ather
> > > trivial to rebase.
> >=20
> > Thanks for the info! HardenedBSD uses a merge-based workflow since we
> > plan to be around a while. Switching to rebased-based would have
> > negative consequences to our downstream vendors.
> >=20
> > One more question: when ports is officially switched over to git, are
> > we likely to see hash more hash changes?
>=20
> No, of course not. Once the conversion has been finalized, none of the
> history or metadata will be touched retroactively. We'll then have to live
> with errors basically forever.

I worded that horrifically wrong. I blame the lack of caffeine. ;)

I meant to ask: is there any possibility that the hashes will change
again before the official switch to git?

Sorry for the miscommunication.

Thanks,

--=20
Shawn Webb
Cofounder / Security Engineer
HardenedBSD

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