Re: Using "b4 prep" with Stacked Git

["Toke Høiland-Jørgensen" <toke@toke.dk>]

Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> writes:

> On Tue, Mar 17, 2026 at 11:08 AM Chuck Lever <chucklever@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Konstantin -
>>
>> I'm a long-time Stacked Git and b4 user and I'm hunting for a tool to
>> juggle the many data items involved with posting kernel patch series
>> for review. "b4 prep" seems to fit that bill but it has some issues
>> when it comes to large cover letters with Stacked Git.
>>
>> The branch-description strategy is the least-bad option for StGit
>> right now, but it's fighting git's design -- git config was never
>> meant to hold multi-paragraph prose, and there's no way to tell StGit
>> "don't print the branch description in stg branch --list."
>>
>> A file-based strategy would solve all three problems cleanly. Something like:
>>
>> .git/b4-cover/<branchname>/subject
>> .git/b4-cover/<branchname>/body
>> .git/b4-cover/<branchname>/changelog
>> .git/b4-cover/<branchname>/recipients
>
> Fellow stacked git fan here.

And here! I have been using the "cover letter as commit" mode of b4,
which works as long as you remember to 'stg commit --all' before you
invoke b4. I requested a pre-hook functionality in b4 to automate this,
so will take this opportunity to bump that:

https://lore.kernel.org/tools/87ttdkrylx.fsf@toke.dk/

-Toke