Yup – GitHub will pick up references to SHAs and users/repos patterns using the GitHub Flavored Markdown
Specifically about linking to commits:
A bit of the GitHub spice
In addition to the changes in the previous section, certain references are auto-linked:
- SHA: be6a8cc1c1ecfe9489fb51e4869af15a13fc2cd2
- User@SHA ref: mojombo@be6a8cc1c1ecfe9489fb51e4869af15a13fc2cd2
- User/Project@SHA: mojombo/god@be6a8cc1c1ecfe9489fb51e4869af15a13fc2cd2
- #Num: #1
- User/#Num: mojombo#1
- User/Project#Num: mojombo/god#1