From 039936567539c1d6d7a3b824b94726b3fed3343b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 10:09:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] * nix-hash: option `--truncate' to truncate the hash to 160
 bits.  Hmm,   kind of ad hoc ;-)

---
 src/nix-hash/help.txt    | 1 +
 src/nix-hash/nix-hash.cc | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/nix-hash/help.txt b/src/nix-hash/help.txt
index 31fff1ffa..082cc7571 100644
--- a/src/nix-hash/help.txt
+++ b/src/nix-hash/help.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ files.
   --flat: compute hash of regular file contents, not metadata
   --base32: print hash in base-32 instead of hexadecimal
   --type HASH: use hash algorithm HASH ("md5" (default), "sha1", "sha256")
+  --truncate: truncate the hash to 160 bits
diff --git a/src/nix-hash/nix-hash.cc b/src/nix-hash/nix-hash.cc
index 78c6f4401..4a7c94396 100644
--- a/src/nix-hash/nix-hash.cc
+++ b/src/nix-hash/nix-hash.cc
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@ void run(Strings args)
     HashType ht = htMD5;
     bool flat = false;
     bool base32 = false;
+    bool truncate = false;
     
     for (Strings::iterator i = args.begin();
          i != args.end(); i++)
     {
         if (*i == "--flat") flat = true;
         else if (*i == "--base32") base32 = true;
+        else if (*i == "--truncate") truncate = true;
         else if (*i == "--type") {
             ++i;
             if (i == args.end()) throw UsageError("`--type' requires an argument");
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ void run(Strings args)
         }
         else {
             Hash h = flat ? hashFile(ht, *i) : hashPath(ht, *i);
+            if (truncate && h.hashSize > 20) h = compressHash(h, 20);
             cout << format("%1%\n") %
                 (base32 ? printHash32(h) : printHash(h));
         }