Subject: Re: linux-next: Fixes tag needs some work in the vfs-fixes tree

From: Al Viro <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 21:14:07 +0000

On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 08:02:39AM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> In commit
> 
>   5f85b351d3d6 ("fix return values of seq_read_iter()")
> 
> Fixes tag
> 
>   Fixes: d4d50710a8b (seq_file: add seq_read_iter)
> 
> has these problem(s):
> 
>   - SHA1 should be at least 12 digits long

Dealt with and force-pushed...

>     Can be fixed by setting core.abbrev to 12 (or more) or (for git v2.11
>     or later) just making sure it is not set (or set to "auto").
> 
> Also, just use
> 
>   git log -1 --format='Fixes: %h ("%s")' <commit>
> 
> to generate Fixes tags.

OK, will keep that in mind next time...