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Invoking git-filter-repo to update the cover letter. The previous run is older than a day (/home/davemarq/linux/linux/.git/worktrees/ibmvfc-fpin-bis/filter-repo/already_ran already exists). See "Already Ran" section in the manual for more information. Treat this run as a continuation of filtering in the previous run (Y/N)? n New history written in 612.22 seconds... Completely finished after 612.53 seconds. Cover letter updated. I first searched the b4 manual, and found nothing about "Already Ran". Eventually, on reading the b4 code in ez.py, I found this was from the git-filter-repo package and I should check its manual. I found the code. There's no way to opt out of this check and message. Would you be interested in updating the b4 manual with a note about this? I eventually figured out I should answer with N. Perhaps an update to the --edit-cover text in "Prep command flags" in the manual? I'll provide it if you're interested. -Dave