Updating the Git protocol for SHA-256
Updating the Git protocol for SHA-256
[Development] Posted Jun 19, 2020 16:07 UTC (Fri) by coogle
The Git source-code management system has for years been moving toward abandoning the Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA-1) in favor of the more secure SHA-256 algorithm. Recently, the project moved a step closer to that goal with contributors implementing new Git protocol capabilities to enable the transition.