Uniqueness of Rev. Hex Id.s

[Bob Hood]

On 1/22/2014 10:06 AM, Pietro Moras wrote:
>
> I read that in a Revision identifier, such as: "3:1ff43bfdd8a2", the integer
> No. is Working Directory unique, whereas the hexadecimal Identifier is
> global unique, that is unique for all cloned copies. Fine. 
>
> Any idea what is the mathematical algorithm used to generate such global
> unique codes within distinct clones of a versioned Project? Thanks.
>

As an aside (which doesn't address your specific question), that hex value is
only the first 12 digits of the real identifier, which can be displayed with,
e.g.:

    [default] $ hg id --debug
    69cda0b2d37851abbe81425dccadd3dfe80250a0

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