Beat Bolli <dev+git@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > @@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ 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 [...]". > +noticed [...]". The "Copy commit summary" command of gitk generates this > +format. (continuing from my 1/2 review) And if people agree that the format gitk already uses is better, this text should probably read more like: If you want to reference a previous commit in the history of a stable branch, use the format "abbreviated sha1 (subject, date)", with the subject enclosed in a pair of double-quotes, like this: Commit f86a374 ("pack-bitmap.c: fix a memleak", 2015-03-30) noticed that ... The "Copy commit summary" command of gitk can be used to obtain this format. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html