From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.3 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BE071FD99 for ; Wed, 17 Aug 2016 17:46:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753016AbcHQRqE (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Aug 2016 13:46:04 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com ([64.147.108.70]:56135 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752984AbcHQRqD (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Aug 2016 13:46:03 -0400 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E2DC35D64; Wed, 17 Aug 2016 13:46:01 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=wxwE89ygxBlM1ldjREuWMY3N0A0=; b=nB98y5 fOXJYtmI92ZYsR3/LvOHJyN3+Z9JVBrlMYuH2U/erEd2i7EXQqwrK42bL0ARTv/z e9ltxnxbjXCYM7tUuM5GxdPg1KW1X8OkuugcI+TgfRCGkWEhA6FNKkdCCDjWnjZd iBloxN3KSer6OVPm+k2h7mb7q00idCkcYI1UY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=aF3YY9nspOP9djEj0MKSXgzt1Ncq0RIF aCTbZ7DM7eUZ8EQHGcNl9rZEQcdocxwqctZLBb2hc4ZOZ69YCvZFaeLEpDquMabH GJxOmdrcbyQoy+rx/pNSHfE/CMF8m+HRUrQMdvlgaXKMdgusF0jLpN8M6JXr/xzj pa2NKdBB4QY= Received: from pb-smtp1.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C2F935D63; Wed, 17 Aug 2016 13:46:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [104.132.0.95]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8521B35D62; Wed, 17 Aug 2016 13:46:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: Heiko Voigt Cc: Stefan Beller , Git List , Lars Schneider , =?utf-8?Q?Ren=C3=A9?= Scharfe Subject: Re: [PATCH] document how to reference previous commits References: <578E7A07.8080006@web.de> <20160720082515.GA823@book.hvoigt.net> <57911AFF.7030107@web.de> <20160725143706.GA4872@sandbox> <20160726094913.GA3347@book.hvoigt.net> <20160728111636.GA7760@sandbox> <20160728125514.GA2813@sandbox> <20160817113602.GB6080@sandbox> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 10:45:58 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20160817113602.GB6080@sandbox> (Heiko Voigt's message of "Wed, 17 Aug 2016 13:36:02 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 75D26F5E-64A2-11E6-B661-89D312518317-77302942!pb-smtp1.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Heiko Voigt writes: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 02:55:14PM +0200, Heiko Voigt wrote: >> To reference previous commits people used to put just the abbreviated >> SHA-1 into commit messages. This is what has evolved as a more >> stable format for referencing commits. So lets document it for everyone >> to lookup when needed. > > A quick ping about this patch. Maybe you missed to include it Junio? I > can not find any reference to it in the cooking mails and in your > repository. That's because I was undecided.