commit IDs in changelog messsages (was: Introductory mail)

[Guido Günther]

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 01:20:10PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> Following the (good) path of "Closes", it should probably be something
> like "[Commit: fed3f3d]". Also, can't it be put inside the same
> parentheses than "Closes", as in "(Closes: #7005180, #7005181; Commit:
> fed3f3d)".
If we really want a tag in front of the commit identifier we should
specify the VCS: [Git:fed3f3d], [Svn:r1234], [Hg:fed3f3d] this would
help in the case where a package switches VCSs. 

> Finally, I missed if the aim is finding something Git-specific or not,
> in the latter case the commit ID can be paired via a VCS identifier,
> though I acknowledge that it risks to become too heavy ...
It's (of course) not git specific at all, that wouldn't help much. In
order to link back from the changelog to the VCS, we have all the needed
information in debian/control already. 

I just noticed that Manoj picked up the propsed format for
kernel-package too:
 https://honk.sigxcpu.org/cl2vcs/index.cgi?pkg=kernel-package

Cheers,
 -- Guido