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leni536 on Aug 14, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Blinking Commits

- Push malicious commit

- Rewrite the commit hash in git log with character movement

Actually I don't know if it's a practical attack in any way, could cause some confusion.

lisivka on Aug 14, 2015 [–]

If you can commit, why not just enter something like "Small fix in formatting" instead of drawing of LOT of attention to malicious comit?

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