Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] commit test: Use test_config instead of git-config

From: Caleb Thompson <caleb@calebthompson.io>
Date: Jun 12, 2014, 18:23 UTC
Message-ID: <20140612182341.GA42013@sirius.local>
In-Reply-To: <20140612180830.GB15556@hudson.localdomain>

Jeremiah,

On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 11:04:59AM -0700, Jeremiah Mahler wrote:

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> Thanks for checking.  Unfortunately the problem persists for me.
>
> It seems to be related to there not being a space at the left most part
> of the patch.  It is just a tab with no space.  So 'git am' has a
> problem because it is expecting to remove a space and there isn't one.
> See the attached screenshots with tabs highlighted.
>
> How are you preparing your patches.  'git format-patch' with a 'git
> send-email'?

I'm so glad you asked, because I've just been muddling through this.

I've been generating the cover page variously with request-pull or diff --stat, then running a command like this, with --cc arguments added from a list I've been keeping of people who respond to the threads:

    git send-email --compose --to=git@vger.kernel.org --thread \
        [--cc ...] --no-chain-reply origin/master...

Then I manually edit the subjects to add the version to the [PATCH N/M] portions. I haven't been using format-patch.

It's interesting that only the first patch isn't applying. I'd love to hear a better way.

Caleb