Re: [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] [4/4] Discuss how to better prevent backports of commits that turn out to cause regressions

Lee Jones
2024-06-14T14:36:59Z

On Fri, 14 Jun 2024, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 08:27:30AM GMT, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 10:19:49AM GMT, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > > 1. disambiguates Link: trailers so they point to relevant online discussions
> > > > 2. allows tooling like b4, patchwork, etc, to reliably match commits to
> > > > submissions for the purposes of better code review automation
> > > > 3. allows stable and similar projects to better track series grouping for
> > > > commits
> > >
> > > Sounds good to me.
> > >
> > > So `b4 am -l` should be replaced with `b4 am ?`.
> >
> > You can still use -l for this by adding this to .gitconfig:
> >
> > [b4]
> > linktrailermask = Message-Id: <%s>
>
> I also just added the -i flag, which will make it into b4-0.14, so you'll be
> able to run "b4 am -i" to insert the Message-ID: trailer instead of the Link:
> trailer.

I might keep both. It'll give Michael something to click on.

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]