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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2025-04-16 13:54:19 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2025-04-16 13:54:20 -0700 |
| commit | 8f490db4e200edd22e247ec07fb1349a26c155b2 (patch) | |
| tree | d14be03832976bde858258190c3e12a2f7e8a59f /Documentation | |
| parent | 47478802daddf3f9916111307f153c6298ffc0bc (diff) | |
| parent | 6cf65440d39250880e747d2c5281881e95eb9499 (diff) | |
| download | git-8f490db4e200edd22e247ec07fb1349a26c155b2.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'jt/help-sha-backend-info-in-build-options'
"git help --build-options" reports SHA-1 and SHA-256 backends used
in the build.
* jt/help-sha-backend-info-in-build-options:
help: include unsafe SHA-1 build info in version
help: include SHA implementation in version info
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-version.adoc | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-version.adoc b/Documentation/git-version.adoc index 80fa7754a6..9462043a14 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-version.adoc +++ b/Documentation/git-version.adoc @@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ OPTIONS --build-options:: Include additional information about how git was built for diagnostic purposes. ++ +The libraries used to implement the SHA-1 and SHA-256 algorithms are displayed +in the form `SHA-1: <option>` and `SHA-256: <option>`. Note that the SHA-1 +options `SHA1_APPLE`, `SHA1_OPENSSL`, and `SHA1_BLK` do not use a collision +detection algorithm and thus may be vulnerable to known SHA-1 collision +attacks. When a faster SHA-1 implementation without collision detection is used +for only non-cryptographic purposes, the algorithm is displayed in the form +`non-collision-detecting-SHA-1: <option>`. GIT --- |