From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mga18.intel.com (mga18.intel.com [134.134.136.126]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5EE3D2F22; Mon, 18 Jul 2022 18:34:02 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1658169242; x=1689705242; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:references: in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; bh=b6ev1szWqQm66NJMPMU1LxSwvIlfILu2gKHvtHSteOo=; b=V2Pyrmkj8s07e8jJpA8qyqZITy4/eKEhQw4f3kVIGDrifSAusorRW99i erm8TEb3WTPGGDCSjB/LPBEawUOghfr5TbVF7UwPTGc6u9SjPsfHuVeOt wTpKLbIrEdc73ARZ8Bpd4smpXss61/lVVAw3YrIlj99CAboDutiL+H1vZ qN9y6/uMITU6SySDs6TSus/kiuHCb9ZUUiXB87LXs0CZL8TE4dFUm0YIN 2Kjf5bTI+aN+c4C+umJhEg8Lt5EeX18VOoacmoTQB/QtpRgGjfC2e2dBJ hHeS4V149R1OWMS83opJuMC4t33ik+Md8b6ZeqQS+a0OG6CN5k+WbAy0Q g==; X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6400,9594,10412"; a="269316581" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.92,281,1650956400"; d="scan'208";a="269316581" Received: from orsmga003.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.27]) by orsmga106.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 18 Jul 2022 11:34:02 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.92,281,1650956400"; d="scan'208";a="547603954" Received: from fmsmsx604.amr.corp.intel.com ([10.18.126.84]) by orsmga003.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 18 Jul 2022 11:34:01 -0700 Received: from fmsmsx610.amr.corp.intel.com (10.18.126.90) by fmsmsx604.amr.corp.intel.com (10.18.126.84) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256) id 15.1.2308.27; Mon, 18 Jul 2022 11:34:01 -0700 Received: from fmsmsx610.amr.corp.intel.com (10.18.126.90) by fmsmsx610.amr.corp.intel.com (10.18.126.90) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256) id 15.1.2308.27; Mon, 18 Jul 2022 11:34:00 -0700 Received: from fmsmsx610.amr.corp.intel.com ([10.18.126.90]) by fmsmsx610.amr.corp.intel.com ([10.18.126.90]) with mapi id 15.01.2308.027; Mon, 18 Jul 2022 11:34:00 -0700 From: "Luck, Tony" To: Jason Gunthorpe , Konstantin Ryabitsev CC: Conor Dooley , James Bottomley , "users@linux.kernel.org" , "tools@linux.kernel.org" Subject: RE: b4 submit ready for beta testing Thread-Topic: b4 submit ready for beta testing Thread-Index: AQHYmSCNinb/c7VF7EuEr0riPOOcz62Bh9yAgAADuwCAACExAIAABV2AgAF48ACAAbx6gP//jvIw Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 18:34:00 +0000 Message-ID: <685efc725a554f008fbff3165f3e5abd@intel.com> References: <20220716142954.voq4ucnl5wkq7h2b@nitro.local> <4c4652b0e333bd81b91f71346ac6142322682eff.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <20220716145638.ubuwwc7xtjw6ugy7@meerkat.local> <6ad8ce3aa0d14d8a09a3c117affe19928a44f639.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <20220717154344.jnbmklayhjgdekdu@meerkat.local> <20220718181435.GB5049@ziepe.ca> In-Reply-To: <20220718181435.GB5049@ziepe.ca> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: dlp-product: dlpe-windows dlp-reaction: no-action dlp-version: 11.6.500.17 x-originating-ip: [10.22.254.132] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: tools@linux.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 > The empty commit scheme also lets you make multi-series branches and > reliably share them in a way that other people can understand the > structure. What's the advantage of an empty commit? Couldn't you start with a commit that creates a "cover-letter" file in the root of the project? Then users c= ould add as they go along by editing and committing changes to the cover letter (nee= d to take care not to have a commit that touches both the cover letter and ot= her "real" files ... but I expect tools could figure out how to fix that if it = happened). -Tony