Re: Feature request: provide a persistent IDs on a commit

> On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 06:18:11PM +0100, Stephen Finucane wrote:
> > ...to track evolution of a patch through time.
> > 
> > tl;dr: How hard would it be to retrofit an 'ChangeID' concept à la the 'Change-
> > ID' trailer used by Gerrit into git core?
> 
> I just started working on this for b4, with the notable difference that the
> change-id trailer is used in the cover letter instead of in individual
> commits, which moves the concept of "change" from a single commit to a series
> of commits. IMO, it's much more useful in that scope, because as series are
> reviewed and iterated, individual patches can get squashed, split up or
> otherwise transformed.