On Sat, Feb 10, 2024 at 08:55:44AM -0800, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 2/10/24 02:20, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 09, 2024 at 11:30:26AM -0800, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> > > Fixes: 63b05203af57 ("[PATCH] AIO: retry infrastructure fixes and enhancements")
> >
> > I can't see this git id in Linus's tree, are you sure it is correct?
>
> Thanks Greg for having looked this up. I had not yet realized this but that
> git commit ID comes from a historic tree. Is there a standard way for referring
> to patches from historic trees? See also
Which historical git tree? We have lots as you point out:
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3264283/linux-kernel-historical-git-repository-with-full-history
That's fine, and I can handle it for really old ones, I should populate
my local "find the fixes tag" logic to include the historical trees as
well, but it rarely comes up like this :)
thanks, I'll queue this in a day or so when I get back to the USB patch
review.
greg k-h
