[98388] trunk/dports/databases

[Blair Zajac]

On Oct 5, 2012, at 5:59 AM, Craig Treleaven <ctreleaven at cogeco.ca> wrote:

> At 12:02 PM +0200 10/5/12, MK-MacPorts at techno.ms wrote:
>> > Failing that, yes, you'd need to continue to specify a changeset. I think you can do it this way:
>> > github.setup        darkrose csvdb afad8eca960af3b61b0a8ee3e1c3e0db4cc5c8f5
>> > version             0.5.1
>> Yeah, just a minute ago I figured that.
> 
> Note that you don't need the full Git hash.  I believe that the first 7 characters is sufficient but I use 8.  (Eg "afad8eca".)  Makes paths a little less unwieldy!

Given we're moving to ever longer checksums in our Portfiles, it seems best to use the full sha.

BTW, what happens if there is a duplicate truncated sha?

Blair