Re: b4-0.9.0 available

["Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>]

On 6/21/22, Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 05:20:02PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> > 1. default mode that applies patches directly to your git repository,
>> > just
>> >    like passing the .mbox file to git-am
>>
>> I gave it a try, and noticed a difference: with b4 am + git am, the
>> Link tag is added first, followed by my SoB, while b4 shazam does
>> the reverse, and adds my SoB first.
>> I believe the b4 am + git am behavior is correct.
>
> I'm guessing you were adding the SoB with "git am -s" as opposed to letting
> b4
> do it?
>
> I'm not sure there's an established "correct" behaviour here, as various
> maintainers either stick to arbitrary ordering, chain-of-custody ordering,
> or
> have a very strict "I like all my trailers sorted in a very particular
> order"
> approach.

Chain of custody is the only order that has any applicable meaning for
S-o-b. Otherwise what's the point of S-o-b in the first place? These
tools should be encouraging the right ways to do things rather than
catering to a potpourri of wrong ways.

Jason