Re: [PATCH lt/block-sha1 0/2 v3] block-sha1: avoid pointer conversion that violates alignment constraints

Jonathan Nieder [off-list ref] writes:

This is a series of two patches: the first avoids alignment faults
that were making git either slow on Alpha machines or crashy,
depending on the machine's configuration, and the second patch is a
cosmetic nit noticed while reviewing the first.
...
Thoughts?
Jonathan

Thanks.

Did somebody actually compiled Git for Alpha, and even more
surprisingly on a big-endian variant of one?