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@@ -142,19 +142,25 @@ archive, summarize the relevant points of the discussion.
[[commit-reference]]
If you want to reference a previous commit in the history of a stable
-branch, use the format "abbreviated sha1 (subject, date)",
-with the subject enclosed in a pair of double-quotes, like this:
+branch, use the format "abbreviated hash (subject, date)", like this:
....
- Commit f86a374 ("pack-bitmap.c: fix a memleak", 2015-03-30)
+ Commit f86a374 (pack-bitmap.c: fix a memleak, 2015-03-30)
noticed that ...
....
The "Copy commit summary" command of gitk can be used to obtain this
-format, or this invocation of `git show`:
+format (with the subject enclosed in a pair of double-quotes), or this
+invocation of `git show`:
....
- git show -s --date=short --pretty='format:%h ("%s", %ad)' <commit>
+ git show -s --pretty=reference <commit>
+....
+
+or, on an older version of Git without support for --pretty=reference:
+
+....
+ git show -s --date=short --pretty='format:%h (%s, %ad)' <commit>
....
[[git-tools]]