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Linus wrote:
> Please, when mentioning hex numbers, also do the one-liner shortlog.
> ...
> without _requiring_ people to be git users to get the gist of the 
> matter, ok?


Thanks for sticking up for us git-challenged contributors.

Can anyone point me at instructions providing the shortest
path for getting from one of those git hex numbers to the
log or change it represents, for non-git users?

Or do those instructions begin with a first step of:

  1. become a git user
  2. ...

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