On Sep 11, 2015, at 5:27 PM, Ron W <ronw.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> They will ask why isn't it a small number like, for example, SVN uses.

Solution: use tags. :)

> Then they ask how do we know it's really unique? By telling them (in 
> simplified terms) how it is computed, they more readily accept the need for 
> such large IDs.

It’s too bad UUID has a fixed-length meaning already, otherwise you could just 
tell them it’s a UUID-160, and leave it at that.
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