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kazinator • last Wednesday at 1:26 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

> Hash as int

Should be "Hash as decimal". The hexadecimal hash is already the same integer.

> Message: "Fix critical bug" + git-prime Nonce: 167

In the actual code it looks like:

  Fix critical bug
  
  git-prime Nonce: 167
So it is like a trailer. However, can trailer names have spaces in them?

A more conservative choices for the trailer header seems wiser, like:

  Prime-nonce: N
would be a safer choice for the trailer. (The word "git" is not required; we know we are in Git.)

Another subtlety is that if the message already has trailers, then you don't need to separate that from them by a blank line

Git has a command for manipulating trailers; that could be used.

(I see the developer doesn't really believe in this because I don't see the nonces in the commit messages of the project itself.)

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keepamovin • last Wednesday at 4:17 AM

I added the trailer syntax, and rewrote git-prime history to ensure all commits are now number theoretic certified.

If you wish to do the same in your own repo I added a script "make-whole.sh" to do this - but I don't recommend it as force pushes and history rewrites could break stuff.

Also added a new tool

  git prime-log
To show which commits are already prime.