On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 14:28:01 -0700 Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 12:00 AM, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Commit logs have various forms of commit id references.
> > >
> > > Try to standardize on a 12 character long lower case
> > > commit id along with a description of parentheses and
> > > the quoted subject line
> > >
> > > ie: commit 0123456789ab ("commit description")
> >
> > Now this is in mainline, checkpatch starts complaining about my "too long"
> > (40 chars) commit IDs in commit messages :-(
> >
> > 40 chars may be too long (but it's quick to copy-and-paste, as "git show"
> > shows that by default), but 12 sounds a bit short, as that's only 48 bits.
>
> Right now, this test allows 12 to 16 byte length commit ids
> without emitting a warning.
>
> Andrew wanted this test, I don't care how long the commit id
> is in the commit log.
Well, I mainly wanted to stop having to add "commit description" when
people forget it. The length check was perhaps a bit anal. How about
we make it "12 or more"?
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