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Last active October 20, 2025 06:23
How is git commit sha1 formed

(The below text is licensed with CC0, which means that if you want to use or translate it, that is OK by me.)

Ok, I geeked out, and this is probably more information than you need. But it completely answers the question. Sorry. ☺

Locally, I'm at this commit:

$ git show
commit d6cd1e2bd19e03a81132a23b2025920577f84e37
Author: jnthn <[email protected]>

Date: Sun Apr 15 16:35:03 2012 +0200