On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> So it may make more sense just to cross-reference those merges with the >> topics that spawned them on the mailing list. I.e., instead of copying >> the cover letter contents, just record the message-id (and update it >> whenever a new iteration of a topic is picked up via "git am"). That >> lets you get the cover letter information _and_ see any discussion >> or review around the patch. > > That sounds good. > Actually I just found out about `am.messageId`, which adds the individual message id as a footer. Maybe that is good enough? (Though it would clutter every commit, not just the merge commits)
