[PATCH] management: Create 'rehash' command

[Finucane, Stephen]

On 24 Nov 14:15, Jeremy Kerr wrote:
> Hi Stephen,
> 
> >> The rehash script, though undocumented and possibly unused at the
> >> moment, likely has some value to some users. Howver, it makes more
> >> sense to provide this command as a management command like 'retag'.
> >> Do this.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Stephen Finucane <stephen.finucane at intel.com>
> > 
> > I'm still not sure if this should be converted to a command or just
> > deleted. Does anyone use it? It seems like the hash could never really
> > get out of date without manual DB modification (in which case you have
> > more than one problem) thanks to the 'save' method.
> 
> This was useful when the hashes were first introduced, but wouldn't be
> used much now. If we did need to change the hashing algorithm, (eg, move
> to SHA1, or change which parts of a patch are included in the hashed
> text), then it'd be required for that.
> 
> I'd say keep it in, since you've already done the work converting it :)

...and that's exactly what I'll do. Thanks, Jeremy.

Cheers,
Stephen