Re: Gerrit, GitButler, and Jujutsu projects collaborating on change-id commit footer

From: Remo Senekowitsch <remo@buenzli.dev>
Date: Apr 3, 2025, 16:25 UTC
Message-ID: <D8X571K4M77Y.2PVKK2KQCRBOM@buenzli.dev>
In-Reply-To: <CABPp-BGwXaiohvfSdr96hzKNPYXQqz+_okxLNj7P9KSjX2PW6g@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu Apr 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM CEST, Elijah Newren wrote:

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> On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 2:13 AM Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> wrote:
>>
>>   - Extending revisions to allow specifying commits by change ID.
>
> Would this essentially be similar to <rev>^{/<text>} except searching
> specifically change-id headers rather than commit message?

One benefit of using the "reverse-hex" format (hex with a different alphabet: z(0) through k(25)) we're proposing is that it allows a change-id or its prefix to be used in the same place as a commit hash, without ambiguity.

Remo

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