Am 5/6/2010 13:20, schrieb Peter Kjellerstedt:
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> Björn Steinbrink
>> git internally knows about the empty tree, so you can use:
>> git diff 4b825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904 v1.7.1
>>
>> Björn
> 
> Thank you, that was useful. However, I need to be able to do this
> for an arbitrary repository, and that SHA seems to be specific for 
> the git repository. How do I get the SHA for the empty tree in an 
> arbitrary repository?

Aha, so you think Björn et.al. were able to guess the SHA1 for your
specific repository? ;)

No, the empty tree is the empty tree, and its name is as cited above, no
matter where in the universe you are.

-- Hannes
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