Pratyush Yadav <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, Oct 20 2020, fuyao wrote: > >> Hi: >> i have question about format-patch. >> >> when use git format-patch with --cover-letter, we add information >> in the cover letter. and then, i must send patch with -v2, the >> information in the cover letter is lost in the v2 patch. > ... > You can try using `git branch --edit-description <branch_name>` and > write the contents of the cover letter there. Then you can use the > option `--cover-from-description` to use the branch description when > generating the cover letter. Another thing people are encouraged to do is to use the -o option to store iterations of your series on disk, perhaps in the same directory. When you edit v2-0000-cover-letter.txt file, you can then reference the previous one you've already sent easily that way.
