Bug 16322 - bitbake should support git sha256 repos
Summary: bitbake should support git sha256 repos
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: BitBake
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: bitbake (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All Multiple
: Medium+ normal
Target Milestone: 6.1 M2
Assignee: Nick Owens
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Reported: 2026-06-18 09:48 UTC by Nick Owens
Modified: 2026-06-23 10:23 UTC (History)
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Description Nick Owens 2026-06-18 09:48:27 UTC 
sha256 object format has been supported since git 2.29 (~2020), but bitbake cannot fetch those repos.

the only thing blocking this seems to be some regular expressions in bitbake (and having new enough git on the host)
Comment 1 Yoann Congal 2026-06-18 14:52:44 UTC 
For reference a patch was sent on list: https://lore.kernel.org/bitbake-devel/20260618100903.231245-2-mischief@offblast.org/T/#u