Re: How is the ^{sha256} peel syntax supposed to work?

[Jonathan Nieder]

Stefan Beller wrote:

>                  And with that model, <hexdigits>^{sha256}^{tree}
> could mean to obtain the sha256 value of <hexvalue> and then derive
> the tree from that object,

What does "the sha256 value of <hexvalue>" mean?

For example, in a repository with two objects:

 1. an object with sha1-name abcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcd
    and sha256-name 
ef01ef01ef01ef01ef01ef01ef01ef01ef01ef01ef01ef01ef01ef01ef01ef01

 2. an object with sha1-name ef01ef01ef01ef01ef01ef01ef01ef01ef01ef01
    and sha256-name abcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcdabcd...

what objects would you expect the following to refer to?

  abcdabcd^{sha1}
  abcdabcd^{sha256}
  ef01ef01^{sha1}
  ef01ef01^{sha256}

Thanks,
Jonathan