Why doesn't gitk highlight commit references from git-describe?

From: Stephen Kelly <steveire@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 13, 2016, 20:36 UTC
Message-ID: <nemal5$mb$1@ger.gmane.org>

Hi,

If I look at git commit 89ea90351dd32fbe384d0cf844640a9c55606f3b in gitk, it does not linkify the v1.6.0-rc0~120^2 in the commit message.

Is there any reason for that, or can gitk be changed?

Thanks,

Steve.

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