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From: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
To: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>,
	tools@linux.kernel.org
Cc: kernel-team@fb.com
Subject: Re: [tools] [PATCH] b4: add an --apply option for b4 am
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 10:33:47 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f823853e-cc35-7ec3-cf16-fef95be60da6@toxicpanda.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200909194527.ig2b4ayod7esd2a3@chatter.i7.local>

On 9/9/20 3:45 PM, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 11:43:21AM -0400, Josef Bacik wrote:
>> I'm infinitely lazy and would rather not have to copy and paste the git
>> am command to run.  This patch adds a --apply/-a option to git am so
>> it'll go ahead and run git am so I can get to the work of reviewing a
>> patch series.
> 
> I've considered this many times, but I thus far prefer not to do it, as
> we generally try not to touch the developer's tree in order to avoid any
> potential badness.
> 
> The functionality you want can be easily achieved with "-o- | git am",
> so you can make sure to heed any error messages first without it, and
> then with it:
> 
> b4 am <msgid>
> (perform the review)
> b4 am <msgid> -s -l -o- | git am
> 
> Would you be willing to use that, or do you think we really need an
> --apply option?
> 

Yeah somehow I missed the "-o -" option, I'll just use that.  I primarily use b4 
for review, so I'm in a scratch branch specifically to apply+build+review the 
series I'm pulling, so I don't mind if b4 messes up my current git tree.  But 
this works just as well, thanks,

Josef

      reply	other threads:[~2020-09-10 14:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-08-24 15:43 [PATCH] b4: add an --apply option for b4 am Josef Bacik
2020-09-09 19:45 ` [tools] " Konstantin Ryabitsev
2020-09-10 14:33   ` Josef Bacik [this message]

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