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I don't understand this obsession with sequential commit numbers. These may vary from repo to repo depending on your commit/pull history.

Because bigger numbers mean later in time.

If you see references to commits 143, 732, and 2021, you have some instant grasp on the ordering of those. acbe2f, 7624ab, bccc07 not so much.

A fair point, but in practice I get fellow engineers trying to quote the sequence numbers at me.