Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, 20 Jan 2025 at 11:48, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> - Clarifying that Git commit IDs >12chars are OK > > Wel,, I'm not sure that was an improvement. > > I'd rather not see stupid extra random characters. > > We'll see. Hopefully people realize that "at least 12" means 12. Not > some random other number. I took it because it seemed that consistency in the documentation was better than conflicting advice. If the policy is really "exactly 12 characters", though, we should probably make it read that way instead...? jon
