[darcs-users] Origin of sha1 hash value

[Lele Gaifax]

Travis Cross ha scritto:
> All the same, I am still curious about the patch format.  How is the 
> hash generated, and what is the middle value in the patch file name 
> (i.e. date-?-hash.gz)?

Here you can find the equivalent Python code that computes the hash:

http://progetti.arstecnica.it/tailor/browser/vcpx/darcs.py?rev=1074#L223

hth,
ciao, lele.