Re: The fixes-bug field

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

> IOW, in many/most situations I only find out after committing that the
> patch really fixes the bug.  So it would work if the "fixes bug#NNN" can
> be added via something like "git notes", but it won't work well in the
> commit message itself.

Well, I usually close the bug report after I think I've fixed the bug.
If it turns out that I'm wrong, bugs can be reopened.  But in the vast
majority of the cases, I'm right.  (Ahem.)

If we're unsure, there's nothing to stop us from committing something
that just mentions the bug without "fixes".

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