Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes:
> Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wur...@mdc-berlin.de> skribis:
>
>> Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>>> +
>>> +It is a good idea to strip commit identifiers to, say, 7 digits so that
>>> +they do not become aesthetically disturbing (assuming aesthetics have a
>>> +role to play here.) It is best to use the full commit identifiers in
>>> +@code{origin}s, though, to avoid ambiguities.
>>> +
>>
>> I would probably find this a little confusing if I didn’t already know
>> what you meant. Where should commit identifiers be stripped? Are there
>> more places than just the ‘version’ field? Could we name the ‘version’
>> field as an example?
>>
>> Is it only aesthetics or also a matter of keeping shebangs shorter (in
>> case the output provides an interpreter that could end up in a shebang
>> line). The version is usually part of the output name, so maybe it
>> would make sense to mention the ‘version’ field explicitly.
>
> You’re right on both points.
>
> How about this variant?
Beautiful. Thanks!
~~ Ricardo
