linux-kernel - Re: Change-Id's

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Date:	Sat, 11 Dec 2010 15:40:58 -0800
From:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...eaurora.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Change-Id's

On Sat, 2010-12-11 at 14:23 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Dec 11, 2010 7:45 AM, "Daniel Walker" <dwalker@...eaurora.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > How do people feel about Change-Id's at the end of commit messages?
> 
> In general, I think the rule should be that tags are ok as long as
> they are useful for EVERYBODY. if it's some internal company tag,
> expect people to complain. If it doesn't have meaning to others, why
> should it be in the public tree?

Ok .. I couldn't agree with you more.

> If you have some internal tracking thing, just associate the commit
> ids (or " patch ids") with your internal tracker - don't make anybody
> else have to look at crud that gas no meaning to them.
> 
> (Sent from my phone so this probably has HTML crud and gets bounced
> from the mailing lists)

Hopefully my reply doesn't get bounced ..

Daniel

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