Respository vandalism by root at ...fd.o

[Matthias Hopf]

On Nov 23, 10 22:56:52 +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > It's on a separate branch, not master.   (Doesn't mean it's right, just
> > that it's not actually going to cripple anything or waste time for anyone
> > who doesn't ask for it.)
> 
> And how many other un-noticed commits did this person make ? Until you
> know that you have to assume a complete compromise.

Luckily, git makes this difficult. At least as long as git histories are
repeatedly checked (which they are for the main trees), a git fsck
should find any inconsistencies, and you should get broken
fast-forwards.

Not that this makes the fraud any better.

Matthias

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