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Could we submit a change to the "git" tool to allow something like > the "Link" tag but hide it from the default settings? I'm thinking > something like how "git" only shows the Author/AuthorDate by default > until you say "--format=3Dfuller" and then it also shows you the > Commit/CommitDate. Then we just tell Linus to keep the setting off and > everyone is happy. A place to stash metadata that: stays out of mainline, is readily available to the subsystem maintainer and anyone interacting with the submaintainer's tree, git notes. Towards this end I drafted a b4 feature: http://lore.kernel.org/20251014071530.3665691-1-dan.j.williams@intel.com Note I still think 'b4 dig; is needed for other use cases, but a git note in my local tree restores my workflow.=