Re: [PATCH 2/2] doc hash-function-transition: pick SHA-256 as NewHash

On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 09:45:52AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

@@ -125,19 +122,19 @@ Detailed Design
 ---------------
 Repository format extension
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-A NewHash repository uses repository format version `1` (see
+A SHA-256 repository uses repository format version `1` (see
 Documentation/technical/repository-version.txt) with extensions
 `objectFormat` and `compatObjectFormat`:
 
 	[core]
 		repositoryFormatVersion = 1
 	[extensions]
-		objectFormat = newhash
+		objectFormat = sha256
 		compatObjectFormat = sha1

Whenever we said SHA1, somebody came and told us that the name of
the hash is SHA-1 (with dash).  Would we be nitpicker-prone in the
same way with "sha256" here?

I actually have a patch to make the names "sha1" and "sha256".  My
rationale is that it's shorter and easier to type.  People can quibble
about it when I send it to the list, but that's what I'm proposing at
least.
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