From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B55261F859 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2016 17:56:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161301AbcHaR4i (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2016 13:56:38 -0400 Received: from smtprelay0106.hostedemail.com ([216.40.44.106]:57684 "EHLO smtprelay.hostedemail.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965002AbcHaR4h (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2016 13:56:37 -0400 Received: from filter.hostedemail.com (unknown [216.40.38.60]) by smtprelay06.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17E109EA12; Wed, 31 Aug 2016 17:56:36 +0000 (UTC) X-Session-Marker: 6A6F6540706572636865732E636F6D X-HE-Tag: earth86_1c67b2d9fdd12 X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 1867 Received: from XPS-9350.home (unknown [96.251.125.34]) (Authenticated sender: joe@perches.com) by omf07.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Wed, 31 Aug 2016 17:56:35 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <1472666194.4176.17.camel@perches.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-send-email: Add ability to cc: any "trailers" from commit message From: Joe Perches To: Junio C Hamano Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 10:56:34 -0700 In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.18.5.2-0ubuntu3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2016-08-31 at 10:54 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Joe Perches writes: > > > > > Many commits have various forms of trailers similar to > >      "Acked-by: Name
" and "Reported-by: Name
" > > > > Add the ability to cc these trailers when using git send-email. > I thought you were asking what we call these " followed by > " at the end of the log message, and "footers or trailers" > was the answer. > > I do not have a strong objection against limiting to "-by:" lines; > for one thing, it would automatically avoid having to worry about > "Bug-ID:" and other trailers that won't have e-mail address at all. > > But if you are _only_ picking up "-by:" lines, then calling this > option "trailers" is way too wide and confusing.  I do not think > there is any specific name for "-by:" lines, though.  Perhaps you > would need to invent some name that has "-by" as a substring. > > "any-by"?  or just "by"?  I dunno. Signatures?