Merge pull request #6891 from ipfs/doc/hash-stability

doc(add): document hash stability

Merge pull request #6891 from ipfs/doc/hash-stability
doc(add): document hash stability
adc4bb50 · Steven Allen · GitHub · aae957a7 · bddd8287 · adc4bb50
Unverified Commit adc4bb50 authored Feb 11, 2020 by Steven Allen Committed by GitHub Feb 11, 2020
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+Finally, a note on hash determinism. While not guaranteed, adding the same
+file/directory with the same flags will almost always result in the same output
+hash. However, almost all of the flags provided by this command (other than pin,
+only-hash, and progress/status related flags) will change the final hash.
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 	},