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From: Sandra Snan <sandra.snan@idiomdrottning.org>
To: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: getting git send-email patches from someone who is behind
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2023 19:57:33 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a5qkjzdu.fsf@ellen.idiomdrottning.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231208-amusing-vengeful-raptor-e71a8b@meerkat>

Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> writes:
> Yes, setting base-commit is the right solution here -- it will 
> tell you exactly where in the tree it belongs.

I didn't know that before today and that's good advice when 
sending patches, but if I'm receiving patches without that field 
set, I wonder how people are dealing with that.

> In its absence, tools like b4 will also try to guess where the 
> series might belong by comparing the file index information 
> mentioned in the patches.

Ah, this! https://b4.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/

This looks wonderful, thank you!

      reply	other threads:[~2023-12-08 18:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-12-08 17:50 getting git send-email patches from someone who is behind Sandra Snan
2023-12-08 18:49 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2023-12-08 18:57   ` Sandra Snan [this message]

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