On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 02:24:07PM -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote: > + This URL should be used when referring to relevant mailing list > + topics, related patch sets, or other notable discussion threads. > + A convenient way to associate ``Link:`` trailers with the commit > + message is to use markdown-like bracketed notation, for example:: > ... > + Link: https://lore.kernel.org/some-msgid@here # [1] > + Link: https://bugzilla.example.org/bug/12345 # [2] Why are we adding the extra "# " characters? The vast majority of existing Link tags don't do this: $ git log --grep Link: | grep 'Link:.*\[' > links.txt $ wc -l links.txt 1687 links.txt # Link: URL... [1] $ grep 'Link: .*[^#] \[' links.txt | wc -l 1546 # Link: URL... # [1] $ grep 'Link: .* # \[' links.txt | wc -l 83 # Link: [1] URL... $ grep 'Link: \[' links.txt | wc -l 44 # Link: URL... [#1] $ grep 'Link: .*\[#' links.txt | wc -l 12 -- Kees Cook