On 4/7/15, Andy Goth <andrew.m.g...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The function sterilize_manifest() in manifest.c has me puzzled.  It adds
> a line of junk to the end of a manifest to create a file that can't be
> interpreted as a control artifact if checked into another repository.

This is used, iirc, to prevent someone from adding an attachment to a
wiki or ticket page that ends up being interpreted as a manifest or
control artifact and thus changes the source code history in some
(malicious) way.


-- 
D. Richard Hipp
d...@sqlite.org
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