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

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

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

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