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Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2020 11:57:16 -0700
From: "Jonathan Corbet" <corbet@lwn.net>
To: "James Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
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Subject: Re: [kernel.org users] b4: encouraging using the cover letter in merge commits?
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On Sat, 19 Dec 2020 10:49:21 -0800
"James Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> wrote:

> However, the link tag does preserve the cover letter and all the series
> information, why do you think it doesn't?

The information is essentially there, though one step further removed fro=
m
the repository.  But it documents the series as posted, not as applied;
one expects the two to be the same most of the time, but that's not alway=
s
the case.

We're getting into minor details, though.  If The Community were to decid=
e
somehow that link tags are The Preferred Way, I would not kick and scream
too hard before going along with it.  Unless I were in one of my screamin=
g
moods at the time, of course.

jon