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From:   "Raymond E. Pasco" <ray@ameretat.dev>
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Subject: Re: Stability of git-archive, breaking (?) the Github universe,
 and a possible solution
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February 1, 2023 4:40 AM, "=C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason" <avara=
b@gmail.com> wrote:=0A> As people have come to rely on the exact "deflate=
"=0A> implementation "git archive" promises to invoke the system's=0A> "g=
zip" binary by default, under the assumption that its output=0A> is stabl=
e. If that's no longer the case you'll need to complain=0A> to whoever ma=
intains your local "gzip".=0A=0ASurely if reproducibility of .tar.gz file=
s is the goal,"invoke=0Awhatever arbitrary binary on $PATH happens to be =
called gzip" is an=0Apoor solution.=0A=0AIt is only even possible to cons=
ider stabilizing gzip output as a=0Agoal for Git (although this seems ill=
-advised for the reasons=0ABrian already discussed) in the post-2.38 worl=
d where git is=0Adoing the gzipping.=0A=0AIf one has the requirement to s=
ubstitute one's own specific=0Acompressor, there is an option for that.