Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 9 Apr 2005 20:41:33 -0700 | From | Paul Jackson <> | Subject | Re: Kernel SCM saga.. |
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Linus wrote: > Almost everything > else keeps the <sha1> in the ASCII hexadecimal representation, and I > should have done that here too. Why? Not because it's a <sha1> - hey, the > binary representation is certainly denser and equivalent
Since the size of <compressed> ASCII sha1's is only about 18% larger than the size of the same number of binary sha1's <compressed or not>, I don't see you gain much from the binary.
I cast my non-existent vote for making the sha1 ascii - while you still can ;).
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