Add a base implementation of SHA-256 support

SHA-1 is weak and we need to transition to a new hash function.  For
some time, we have referred to this new function as NewHash.  Recently,
we decided to pick SHA-256 as NewHash.  The reasons behind the choice of
SHA-256 are outlined in the thread starting at [1] and in the commit
history for the hash function transition document.

Add a basic implementation of SHA-256 based off libtomcrypt, which is in
the public domain.  Optimize it and restructure it to meet our coding
standards.  Pull in the update and final functions from the SHA-1 block
implementation, as we know these function correctly with all compilers.
This implementation is slower than SHA-1, but more performant
implementations will be introduced in future commits.

Wire up SHA-256 in the list of hash algorithms, and add a test that the
algorithm works correctly.

Note that with this patch, it is still not possible to switch to using
SHA-256 in Git.  Additional patches are needed to prepare the code to
handle a larger hash algorithm and further test fixes are needed.

[1] https://public-inbox.org/git/20180609224913.GC38834@genre.crustytoothpaste.net/

Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 5d96972..a082164 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -48,11 +48,17 @@ unsigned long git_deflate_bound(git_zstream *, unsigned long);
 /* The block size of SHA-1. */
 #define GIT_SHA1_BLKSZ 64
 
+/* The length in bytes and in hex digits of an object name (SHA-256 value). */
+#define GIT_SHA256_RAWSZ 32
+#define GIT_SHA256_HEXSZ (2 * GIT_SHA256_RAWSZ)
+/* The block size of SHA-256. */
+#define GIT_SHA256_BLKSZ 64
+
 /* The length in byte and in hex digits of the largest possible hash value. */
-#define GIT_MAX_RAWSZ GIT_SHA1_RAWSZ
-#define GIT_MAX_HEXSZ GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ
+#define GIT_MAX_RAWSZ GIT_SHA256_RAWSZ
+#define GIT_MAX_HEXSZ GIT_SHA256_HEXSZ
 /* The largest possible block size for any supported hash. */
-#define GIT_MAX_BLKSZ GIT_SHA1_BLKSZ
+#define GIT_MAX_BLKSZ GIT_SHA256_BLKSZ
 
 struct object_id {
 	unsigned char hash[GIT_MAX_RAWSZ];