From adf64b4bfdc8e58ff9d3f927ded85b2329cb6bb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ralf Wildenhues Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:09:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] * HACKING: Hint at old commits with `git describe' output. --- ChangeLog | 4 ++++ HACKING | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 48c6e79..7b64d55 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2010-09-13 Ralf Wildenhues + + * HACKING: Hint at old commits with `git describe' output. + 2010-09-12 Stefano Lattarini Fix regression in test `colon4.test'. diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index d9b2099..ecbd0a8 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ the active branches descending from the buggy commit. This offers a simple way to fix the bug consistently and effectively. +* When referring to older commits, use 'git describe' output as pointer. + * There may be a number of longer-lived feature branches for new developments. They should be based off of a common ancestor of all active branches to which the feature should be merged later. The next branch may serve as -- 2.7.4