From: Henrique Soares <henriquegogo@gmail.com>
To: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How mantainers check Git diffs and patches?
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 23:59:35 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aN3ql-r3Hj9Z5oHO@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251001-pastoral-frisky-seahorse-cd5bdf@lemur>
On Wed, Oct 01, 2025 at 09:37:34AM -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> This will apply it on top of the current HEAD:
>
> b4 shazam https://lore.kernel.org/git/20250919010911.649831-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net
>
> This will fetch it into FETCH_HEAD, making it behave pretty identical to a
> pull request:
>
> b4 shazam -H https://lore.kernel.org/git/20250919010911.649831-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net
I just didn't know about b4, and this is probably the tool I was looking for.
Basically what I was doing was `git apply` patch-by-patch manually (with
a little scripting), but b4 seems the right tool for the job.
> Hope this helps,
Yes, a lot! Thanks.
-- Henrique
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-02 2:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-01 3:30 How mantainers check Git diffs and patches? Henrique Soares
2025-10-01 8:15 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2025-10-01 21:12 ` Jeff King
2025-10-02 2:43 ` Henrique Soares
2025-10-01 13:37 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2025-10-02 2:59 ` Henrique Soares [this message]
2025-10-01 16:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-02 2:51 ` Henrique Soares
2025-10-02 5:19 ` Junio C Hamano
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