Re: Idea: "git format-patch" should get more information out of git

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Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> 1. The extra information typed into the email series is not archived in
> the git repository, and therefore the emails have to be kept around.

The convention is to have information that is not meant to be kept around
after '---', so...

> 2. If it is discovered between "git format-patch" and "git send-email"
> that one of the patches needs a tweak, then the email series has to be
> generated anew and all of the hand-edits need to be redone.

I actually often work this backwards. Tweak the patch files, apply them to
commit that they are meant to be applied, retest and then finally send.
There is no "generating anew" involved.

> 4. There is no place to store the "additional information" (the part
> that comes in patch emails between the "---" and the diffstat) while
> working on the patch series;...

I thought there was a RFC floating around to do this using notes and also
teach it to "commit -e" a few months ago? I vaguelly recall that Peff and
one of the J's were involved, so I am CC'ing them.
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