Jonas Hahnfeld via Discussions on LilyPond development <lilypond-devel@gnu.org> writes:
> For SHA1, I'd recommend using more than 6 chars to avoid collisions. > The Linux kernel encourages 12 characters [1], but I think we are good > with less. $ git log --oneline currently shows 10 chars for the > LilyPond repo, that should be a safe bet. It's probably a bit audacious to call the current minimum requirement of characters a "safe bet" for all future. That's why we just use full SHA1 numbers in the issue tracker. It's certainly overkill, but at least it also kills the discussion of just where the overkill starts. > 1: > https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst#2-describe-your-changes > -- David Kastrup My replies have a tendency to cause friction. To help mitigating damage, feel free to forward problematic posts to me adding a subject like "timeout 1d" (for a suggested timeout of 1 day) or "offensive".
