[Nix-dev] fetchgit - why sha256 protection?

[Shea Levy]

Is it terribly difficult to run nix-prefetch-git? Built-in vcs-specific support doesn't strike me as simplification.

On Nov 19, 2012, at 7:10 AM, Joachim Schiele <js at lastlog.de> wrote:

> ----- Original message ----- 
> > Excerpts from Eelco Dolstra's message of Mon Nov 19 11:36:00 +0100 2012: 
> > > No.  "fetchgit" won't work if it's not a fixed-output derivation, 
> > > because it won't necessarily have network access (it might run in a 
> > > chroot). 
> > Again: I'm not talking about the current state. I'm aware about how it 
> > works. 
> > I'm talking about: 
> > "Does it make sense to introduce a special fixed hash for git repos" or 
> > "what about implementing git checkouts natively so that passing the 
> > git's hash is enough"? 
> > git sources are very common today. 
> 
> True, simplification sounds like a good idea. 
> 
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