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

Konstantin Ryabitsev
2024-06-14T14:26:15Z

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.

-K