Is there a short syntax to add a link to a file on the current repository within a commit message?

Question

GitHub has a syntax to add a link to a specific commit using its hash like bec0001 that can be used on a commit message. Is there a syntax to add a link to a file on the same repository? Something like:

Cool commit

Doing something useful. See also file /package.json

Couldn't find anything in the docs: https://docs.github.com/en/github/writing-on-github/autolinked-references-and-urls

Also tried Relative link with ../blob/master/ and it didn't work on the commit message (only on the comments): /package.json

VonC_6309 · Answer

No, not using a file path.

The "Autolinked references and URLs" mentions:

References to URLs, issues, pull requests, and commits are automatically shortened and converted into links.

So you could reference the URL of a file, but:

there is no short syntax
It would be rendered as a full URL, as opposed to, for instance, a commit URL, like https://github.com/jlord/sheetsee.js/commit/a5c3785ed8d6a35868bc169f07e40e889087fd2e, which would be rendered as a short SHA1 a5c3785.

Is there a short syntax to add a link to a file on the current repository within a commit message?

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