SubmittingPatches: document how to reference previous commits
commit175d38ca231d0dd9cca3bbebae40f797346a850d
authorHeiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>
Thu, 28 Jul 2016 12:55:14 +0000 (28 14:55 +0200)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Wed, 17 Aug 2016 17:47:33 +0000 (17 10:47 -0700)
treea5cdd5ef33dbd41722f1234fa32dc2fcdda7b382
parent0b65a8dbdb38962e700ee16776a3042beb489060
SubmittingPatches: document how to reference previous commits

To reference previous commits people used to put just the
abbreviated SHA-1 into commit messages.  This is what has evolved as
a more stable format for referencing commits.  So lets document it
for everyone to look-up when needed.

Signed-off-by: Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation/SubmittingPatches