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From: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>
To: tools@linux.kernel.org
Cc: Zhiqiang Liu <liuzhiqiang26@huawei.com>
Subject: Re: b4 corrupts patch
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2021 12:01:16 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210408170116.GA1937704@bjorn-Precision-5520> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210408161833.icwv2ncdm37dvzbs@nitro.local>

[+cc Zhiqiang]

On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 12:18:33PM -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 11:02:26AM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > b4 seems to corrupt this patch when fetching and adding a Reviewed-by
> > tag:
> > 
> >   https://lore.kernel.org/r/b411af88-5049-a1c6-83ac-d104a1f429be@huawei.com
> 
> Hmm... this is because the trailers are separated from the basement using '--'
> and not '---'. Git gets confused, too, as if you apply the patch, you will get
> this at the bottom of your commit message.
> 
>     --
>     v2: rewrite subject and commit log as suggested by Bjorn Helgaas.
> 
> b4 messes things up a bit more because we mis-recognize that line as a trailer
> and move "--" above the rest of the trailers (at least "git mailinfo" breaks
> it up that way).
> 
> I'm not sure if I should fix this or not, as this is not a well-formed patch
> to begin with.
> 
> Suggestions?

I'm OK with leaving it as-is.  I cc'd the submitter in case there's
opportunity to avoid this pothole in the future.

Bjorn

      reply	other threads:[~2021-04-08 17:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-08 16:02 b4 corrupts patch Bjorn Helgaas
2021-04-08 16:18 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2021-04-08 17:01   ` Bjorn Helgaas [this message]

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