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Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:10:03 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-ThreadId: A5YEOc4Hum2Z Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:09:43 +0200 From: "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" To: "Patrick Steinhardt" Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Message-Id: <5e957505-384c-42b3-980c-da905d69c71a@app.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/4] doc: gitbreaking-changes: replace msg-ids with URLs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 30, 2026, at 15:28, Patrick Steinhardt wrote: > On Mon, Sep 28, 2026 at 12:41:26PM +0200, > kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com wrote: >>[snip] >> Let=E2=80=99s instead replace all of the msg-ids with complete links.= That way >> everyone can jump right to the discussions. > > Fair. The links may of course break if at any point in time > lore.kernel.org were to vanish or change its interface. But if so we c= an > adapt accordingly, also because the message ID can still be extracted > trivially. Yeah makes sense. > >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/gitbreaking-changes.adoc b/Documentation/g= itbreaking-changes.adoc >> index c6b974b6d8c..9aba419efc9 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/gitbreaking-changes.adoc >> +++ b/Documentation/gitbreaking-changes.adoc >> @@ -59,15 +59,14 @@ make the described change that can be easily unde= rstood without having to read >> the mailing list discussions. If there are alternatives to the chang= ed feature, >> those alternatives should be pointed out to our users. >> >> -All items should be accompanied by references to relevant mailing li= st threads >> -where the deprecation was discussed. These references use message-ID= s, which >> -can visited via >> +All items should be accompanied by links to relevant mailing list th= reads >> +where the deprecation was discussed. These links use this format: >> >> https://lore.kernel.org/git/$message_id/ >> >> -to see the message and its surrounding discussion. Such a reference = is there to >> -make it easier for you to find how the project reached consensus on = the >> -described item back then. >> +I.e. they link to the `Message-ID` of the email on the mailing >> +list. These references are there to make it easier for you to find h= ow >> +the project reached consensus on the described item back then. >> >> This is a living document as the environment surrounding the project= changes >> over time. If circumstances change, an earlier decision to deprecate= or change > > I wonder whether the information on how to add new entries should now = go > towards the end of this document. The target audience is expanding with > your patch series, and most of those new readers will not care about h= ow > to add an entry. Yeah, I can make that change. > >> @@ -332,7 +331,7 @@ The command will be removed. >> * Support for `core.commentString=3Dauto` has been deprecated and wi= ll >> be removed in Git 3.0. >> + >> -cf. >> +cf. https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqa59i45wc.fsf@gitster.g >> >> * Support for `core.preferSymlinkRefs=3Dtrue` has been deprecated an= d will be >> removed in Git 3.0. Writing symbolic refs as symbolic links will b= e phased > > Nit: two spaces. Thanks, I=E2=80=99ll fix that.