On Thu, Jul 25, 2024, at 19:09, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> Fixes: 90bc19b3ae ("notes.c: introduce '--separator=<paragraph-break>' option") >> Link: https://github.com/ddiss/icyci/issues/12 > > We generally refrain from using these two trailers. Please drop them. > > Especially "Fixes" claim can later prove incorrect (we thought this > was a good fix when committing, but it later turned out to be a bad > one), and besides you will be referring to the problematic commit in > your proposed log message already anyway. David, if you want to mention your downstream issue you can use a “footnote” in the commit message: With "git notes add -C $blob", the given blob contents are to be made into a note without involving an editor. But when "--allow-empty" is given, the editor is invoked.[1] <rest of the commit message> [1] https://github.com/ddiss/icyci/issues/12 Signed-off-by: … This is widely practiced. -- Kristoffer Haugsbakk