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> sounds like a blockchain Both bitcoin and git use merkle trees to prevent (unwanted) history rewrites :)
by judge2020 4y ago
> sounds like a blockchain
Both bitcoin and git use merkle trees to prevent (unwanted) history rewrites :)
- dahart 4y agoI take it the smiley means you know this, but to be clear, that’s not the kind of rewrite we’re talking about. Fossil is against providing multiple/alternate sequences of commits that can represent the same timeline. Breaking the Merkle tree isn’t even in consideration (because a determined adversary can just as easily break Fossil). The discussion is really over workflows and perceptions, and has very little to do with the technicalities of preserving history.