Yes, I have a "seen" hash already. A couple of them. Har. Anyway, I showed that mine works with an easier problem: target jug size 3, other jugs sized 4 and 1. The least water solution is six steps:

000. [ 0/T 0/4 0/1 ] starting state
001. [ 0/T 0/4 1/1 ] fill jug 1
002. [ 1/T 0/4 0/1 ] pour jug 1 into target
003. [ 1/T 0/4 1/1 ] fill jug 1
004. [ 2/T 0/4 0/1 ] pour jug 1 into target
005. [ 2/T 0/4 1/1 ] fill jug 1
006. [ 3/T 0/4 0/1 ] pour jug 1 into target
USED 3 units in 6 steps
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Fewest steps solution:

000. [ 0/T 0/4 0/1 ] starting state
001. [ 0/T 4/4 0/1 ] fill jug 0
002. [ 0/T 3/4 1/1 ] pour jug 0 into jug 1
003. [ 3/T 0/4 1/1 ] pour jug 0 into target
USED 4 units in 3 steps
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I've put my code in Re: Challenge: N Jugs Problem

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