On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 4:28 PM, Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> wrote: > Note that when referencing a commit, it's best to abbreviate the commit > ID to the first 12 characters like "e1a50de37860". You can also a line like > > Fixes: e1a50de37860 ("arm64: cputype: Silence Sparse warnings") > > which is the standard format to describe such regressions.
Right and this can be automated a bit as well. The procedure is described in: Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst You can update your .gitconfig file and then use the --pretty=<...> argument to `git log` or `git show` commands. -- viresh
