Re: [PATCH b4] send: Add --force-cover-letter to send separate cover for single patch patch series

Breno Leitao
2026-01-28T18:47:43Z

On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 07:14:37PM +0100, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> Hello Breno,
>
> On Tue Jan 27, 2026 at 1:53 PM CET, Breno Leitao wrote:
> > By default, b4 mixes the cover letter content into the patch body
> > (under the --- cut line) when sending a single-patch series. Add
> > --force-cover-letter option to allow sending a separate cover letter
> > message (as 0/1) even for single-patch series.
> >
> > This is useful when developers want to send a long cover letter with
> > extra information about an issue, and a commit. Having the cover-letter
> > "mixed-in" makes it hard to follow.
> >
> > Example:
> > * https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260127-ipmi-v1-0-ba5cc90f516f@debian.org/
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
>
> Thanks! This is a feature I had requiested some time ago [0] so I'm very
> heppy to see it implemented.
>
> I just tested it successfully to send a 1-patch series [1].
>
> Tested-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>

Awesome. I was missing it also, and I haven't seen your request.

Thanks for the tested!
--breno