From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:57:16 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] document how to reference previous commits
Message-ID: <CAGZ79kYm3ERZu4LX4DavT2o=HrShr3=boExJhfGe=yitru1OOg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq60rpu61h.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 8:38 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net> writes:
>
>> @@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ its behaviour.  Try to make sure your explanation can be understood
>>  without external resources. Instead of giving a URL to a mailing list
>>  archive, summarize the relevant points of the discussion.
>>
>> +If you want to reference a previous commit in the history of a stable
>> +branch use the format "abbreviated sha1 (subject, date)". So for example
>> +like this: "Commit f86a374 (pack-bitmap.c: fix a memleak, 2015-03-30)
>> +noticed [...]".
>> +
>

Thanks!