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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/architecture/store/path.md b/doc/manual/src/architecture/store/path.md index 9f47b877f..64bc4a522 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/architecture/store/path.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/architecture/store/path.md @@ -62,12 +62,13 @@ Store objects are therefore said to be either [input-addressed](#input-addressin ::: {.note} **Historical note**: The 20 byte restriction is because originally digests were [SHA-1][sha-1] hashes. -This is no longer true, but longer hashes and other information are still truncated to 20 bytes for compatibility. +Nix now uses [SHA-256][sha-256], and longer hashes are still reduced to 20 bytes for compatibility. ::: [digest]: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/digest#Noun [hash]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_hash_function [sha-1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-1 +[sha-256]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-256 ### Reference scanning |