Re: [Ksummit-discuss] Allowing something Change-Id (or something like it) in kernel commits

Vlastimil Babka
2019-08-23T09:09:58Z

On 8/23/19 4:58 AM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> So yes, I'd *much* rather see that "Link" line than try to make a
> "Change-ID" line be a thing.
>
> Of course, looking at that particular link, my initial reaction is
> "people are bad spellers". The word 'amend' has a single 'm' ;)
>
> And it _is_ important that the link in question is stable, of course.
> Some systems have problems with that. Is that "c/1158" actually a
> stable long-lived name that will stay around as the thing is modified?
> I don't know how that system works.

Looks like there are also links that include the change-id, and redirect
to the shorter one, i.e.
https://linux-review.googlesource.com/q/I3268f9036512c4378cde1da37e0612b43ed4d384

Seems to me like that's "the best of both worlds" - a link you can
click, and also a unique ID that can perhaps outlive the particular
website and you can search for it elsewhere in the future, if there are
other mirrors. Exactly like the message id's in links to lore.kernel.org.