Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] scripts: Add add-maintainer.py

Geert Uytterhoeven
2023-08-28T13:49:10Z

Hi Bjorn,

On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 3:37 PM Bjorn Andersson
<quic_bjorande@quicinc.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 11:14:41AM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
> > On Sat, 26 Aug 2023, Guru Das Srinagesh <quic_gurus@quicinc.com> wrote:
> > > This script runs get_maintainer.py on a given patch file (or multiple
> > > patch files) and adds its output to the patch file in place with the
> > > appropriate email headers "To: " or "Cc: " as the case may be. These new
> > > headers are added after the "From: " line in the patch.
> >
> > FWIW, I personally prefer tooling to operate on git branches and commits
> > than patches. For me, the patches are just an intermediate step in
> > getting the commits from my git branch to the mailing list. That's not
> > where I add the Cc's, but rather in the commits in my local branch,
> > where they're preserved. YMMV.
> >
>
> May I ask how you add/carry the recipients in a commit?

I guess below a "---" line in the commit description?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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