Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2021-03-03

Re: [PATCH 4/4] docs: note that archives are not stable

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2021-03-03 07:07:34

"brian m. carlson" [off-list ref] writes:
I think what I had intended was that Git produces deterministic output,
but I don't actually think that's true across ports.  If someone uses a
different version of zlib on a different OS, the output may differ.
I agree.  When I wrote my response, I had the "tar" format in mind,
which we write everything ourselves, but zip and also the compressed
output is a different story---we do rely on third-party libraries.

Thanks.
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