From: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Cc: tools@kernel.org
Subject: Re: b4 send support for email alias file
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 09:47:56 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240807-amorphous-vague-markhor-bb1a1d@lemur> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a6a4755d-85a6-4bc8-83f4-db374c4f3a03@intel.com>
On Tue, Aug 06, 2024 at 02:19:57PM GMT, Jacob Keller wrote:
> I have recently been trying to switch to using b4 as my tool for sending
> patch sets. I previously used git send-email. send-email has support for
> an email alias file which allows specifying shorthand nicknames for
> emails and automatically translating those aliases into the full name
> and email address.
Right, this has come up several times in the past -- the TLDR is that it's not
as straightforward as it seems at first:
https://lore.kernel.org/tools/20231212-illustrious-lion-of-psychology-d85d9d@meerkat/
> Would it be possible to have b4 either handle git's email alias file? Or
> perhaps have its own file/config options?
I have a counter-offer -- suggest on the git list that the --dump-aliases
switch should also have a way to provide destinations, not just aliases
themselves. Then we won't need to support 6 different alias file formats and
can just rely on git doing the translation. :)
-K
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2024-08-06 21:19 b4 send support for email alias file Jacob Keller
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