Re: On raw strings in <origin> commit field

[Liliana Marie Prikler]

Hi Ricardo,

Am Freitag, dem 31.12.2021 um 10:31 +0100 schrieb Ricardo Wurmus:
> In the past I’ve also added a comment above the raw commit, stating
> that it corresponds to the given version.
> 
> I have no strong feelings for or against any of the proposed
> options.  I think that using raw commits might not be great for our
> tooling because we’re not reusing an existing version string and
> would need to remember to update the raw commit as well.  But other
> than that I don’t find the raw commit to introduce readability
> problems for humans.
In German, we have the word "Betriebsblindheit", which describes the
state of being so used to a routine that it's no longer questioned. 
Particularly here, you're used to raw commit hashes, so you no longer
feel the need to add a comment explaining that it corresponds to a
given tag, which others (such as myself, your past self and possibly
your future self) would need at least until they themselves also turn a
blind eye to raw hashes.  

I don't think I want to achieve a state of mass raw commit blindness as
I fear that would undermine some of the security that git-version
currently provides us with.  WDYT?