linux-kernel - Re: tip: New "Link:" tag to replace "LKML-Reference:"

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Date:	Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:56:12 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
CC:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: tip: New "Link:" tag to replace "LKML-Reference:"

On 04/07/2011 07:54 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 
> Can't we use a prepare-commit-msg or commit-msg hook to re-write the
> commit message to include a Link tag when one is missing, using
> something like:
> 
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/tip-$SHA@git.kernel.org
> 
> And have the post-commit hook that sends the messages recognize this
> form and send the message using the correct msgid.
> 
> That way the commit includes a correct and clickable link, doesn't
> require magic knowledge and doesn't need the committer to do extra work.
> 

Think about it... hint: the SHA1 is a cryptographically secure signature
of the commit object.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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