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Markus Ullmann wrote:
> Zac Medico schrieb:
>> The primary reason to use a digest for cache validation instead of a
>> timestamp is that it allows the cache validation mechanism to work
>> even if the tree is distributed with a protocol that does not
>
Zac Medico schrieb:
The primary reason to use a digest for cache validation instead of a
timestamp is that it allows the cache validation mechanism to work
even if the tree is distributed with a protocol that does not
preserve timestamps, such as git or subversion. This would make it
possible to