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I read through it by clicking the "next" link at the bottom. There isn't a single email explaining it; it's a story you have to read through to understand.
If you jump to the last message, it's someone saying they had the same issue.
But, TL;DR a tool kernel devs use has surprising behavior that's biting people, and can alter the commit history to be a pack of lies that looks suspiciously like malicious intent.
The thread doesn't mention how or if the tool has been changed. The tool is
b4.