I will be honest dude, I don't believe a legit config file change could result in a collision (where appending random comments until a collision is found is not

I will be honest dude, I don't believe a legit config file change could result in a collision (where appending random comments until a collision is found is not a legit edit, that's bruteforcing) But I do believe you thought it did, if that's any consolation ;) ... but I would loved to be proved wrong.