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rlpb on Oct 5, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Keybase launches encrypted Git

> git doesn't check the validity of sha-1 hashes in your commit history.

By default. But set "git config --global transfer.fsckObjects true" and it will. No need to install anything else just for that.

IshKebab on Oct 5, 2017 [–]

Who actually does that though? I'm guessing less than 1% of users. Any idea why it isn't on by default?

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