Re: [PATCH b4] send: add --in-reply-to option for threading cover letters

[Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, Mar 06, 2026 at 05:17:57PM +0100, Christian Brauner wrote:
> > I don't see a way to reconcile what you're trying to do and keeping automation
> > working reliably, do you?
> 
> Yeah, I wasn't aware that this is a limitation. If this isn't super
> uncommon, than it is broken with similar mail chains. Good to know that
> this breaks b4.
> 
> Maybe what Vlastimil proposed would serve at least a similar purpose
> where it adds the people on the bug report to the Cc and automatically
> inserts a Link: to the report in the message or the commit.

Right, so if I understand it correctly, we want to be able to post a "here's a
related patch" but without it being confused as a patch within the same
series. I think one way to accomplish this would be to post the patch under
the scissors, like so:

    Hey, how about this patch...

    -- >8 --

    From: ...
    Subject: [PATCH ...] Unrelated Foo Patch

    This is foo patch for bar.

    git --diff ...

I *think* this would do the right thing, but I need to test it first. From
your perspective, would this do what you're looking for?

Regards,
-- 
KR