On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 11:24 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Beat Bolli <dev+git@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> In 175d38c (SubmittingPatches: document how to reference previous commits, >> 2016-07-28) the format for referring to older commits was specified. >> >> Make the text generated by the "Copy commit summary" command match this >> format. > > Hmph. I didn't know gitk already had its own command to produce a > short string. I actually think what it produces It was added in d835dbb91fe (gitk: Add a "Copy commit summary" command, 2015-07-18), it doesn't seem to be in your tree yet, so maybe wait with this patch until you pulled gitk? > >> In 175d38c ("SubmittingPatches: document how to reference previous commits", >> 2016-07-28) the format for referring to older commits was specified. > > is easier to read when pasted into a sentence than what the recent > update 175d38ca ("SubmittingPatches: document how to reference > previous commits", 2016-07-28) suggests to do, i.e. > >> In 175d38c (SubmittingPatches: document how to reference previous commits, >> 2016-07-28) the format for referring to older commits was specified. > > Heiko, Stefan, I think you two were involved in adding that new > paragraph. What do you think? So the subtle difference is adding '"' around the commit message subject? I agree we should fix that. -- 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