Re: commit_baseurl is broken in postgres.sgml

> On Oct 13, 2025, at 15:18, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> wrote:
>
>> On 13 Oct 2025, at 07:34, Chao Li <li(dot)evan(dot)chao(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Hacker,
>>
>> I just noticed $SUBJECT:
>>
>> In doc/src/sgml/postgres.sgml, line 12:
>> ```
>> <!ENTITY commit_baseurl "https://postgr.es/c/">
>> ```
>>
>> https://postgr.es/c/ is resolved to https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/, but the URL now returns 404.
>>
>> Looks like Bruce fixed the URL 13 months ago, but it’s broken again. I am not sure if https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff is the correct URL,
>
> The baseurl needs a commit id to work, like https://postgr.es/m/<commit_id> <https://postgr.es/m/%3Ccommit_id%3E>.
> If you look at the links to commits in the release notes you will see it
> working.
>
>> and anyway I don’t know how to generate a short URL.
>
> For commits, https://postgr.es/m/<commit_id> <https://postgr.es/m/%3Ccommit_id%3E> and for emails on any archived
> list it's https://postgr.es/m/<message_id> <https://postgr.es/m/%3Cmessage_id%3E>.
>

Ah… I see. Thanks you very much for the explanation.

Best regards,
--
Chao Li (Evan)
HighGo Software Co., Ltd.
https://www.highgo.com/