This kind of sounds like a non-answer, but its mostly useful if you want a hash of the revision. I dont think mw core really uses it, but it can be useful for quickly detecting duplicate revisions. I think primarily it is for external users.<div><br></div><div>--</div><div>Brian<br><br>On Wednesday, March 22, 2023, Bináris &lt;<a href="mailto:wikiposta@gmail.com">wikiposta@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi,</div><div>can someone please tell me a use case for <span style="font-family:monospace">sha1</span> in revisions?</div><div><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Revisions" target="_blank">https://www.mediawiki.org/<wbr>wiki/API:Revisions</a></div><div><br></div><div>(Of course, I tried first on talk page.)<br></div><div><span>-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Bináris</div></div></div>
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