From e1eb20aae641baff717d8a233fa24d8f2fbdf124 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Matthias=20B=C3=BChlmann?= Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 16:59:36 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Added minimum bash version to documentation. --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ea0482f..e19d94b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ By using this post-commit hook in a repository and thereby adding secure timesta # How to use this software -These hooks were written for git 2.30 and newer (they may or may not work with older versions of git). +These hooks were written for git 2.30 and newer (they may or may not work with older versions of git). If you do not use Git Bash, you need bash-4.3 or newer. 0. (optional, but recommended) If you're ceating a new repository, it is strongly recommended to use SHA256 hashes (git uses SHA1 by default at the time of writing) by initializing the repository using `git init --object-format=sha256` (Note: If you want to use a public hosting server such as github for your repository, you should check whether they already support SHA256 repositories). For more information, see https://git-scm.com/docs/hash-function-transition/ 1. Copy the four bash scripts in the [hooks](hooks/) folder of this project into the .git/hooks folder of the project you want to timestamp.