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Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/1] format-patch: add an option to record base tree info

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FWFengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Date
Feb 23, 2016, 09:32 UTC
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On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 01:23:19AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
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> On 02/23/16 01:17, Fengguang Wu wrote:
> > 
> > However we are facing a new situation: in test robot POV, IMHO there
> > are values to test exactly the same tree as the patch submitter.
> > Otherwise the robot risks
> > 
> > - false negative: failing to apply and test some patches
> > - false positive: sending wrong bug reports due to guessed wrong base tree
> > 
> 
> Wouldn't the important part here be the git hash, rather than the tree?
>  If you have the same hash then it by definition is the same contents?

Yes. Sorry for the partial wording! We should be talking about the same thing: the hash of the tree object. The commit SHA1 will also do the work.

Thanks, Fengguang

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  1. 0/1 Add an option to git-format-patch to record base tree infoXiaolong Ye, Feb 22, 2016
  2. 1/1 format-patch: add an option to record base tree infoXiaolong Ye, Feb 22, 2016
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 22, 2016
  4. Jacob KellerFeb 22, 2016
  5. Fengguang WuFeb 23, 2016
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 23, 2016
  7. Fengguang WuFeb 23, 2016
  8. H. Peter AnvinFeb 23, 2016
  9. Fengguang WuFeb 23, 2016
  10. Dan CarpenterFeb 23, 2016
  11. Fengguang WuFeb 23, 2016
  12. Dan CarpenterFeb 23, 2016
  13. Fengguang WuFeb 24, 2016
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2016
  15. Fengguang WuFeb 24, 2016
  16. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2016
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  18. Eric W. BiedermanFeb 23, 2016
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 23, 2016
  20. H. Peter AnvinFeb 23, 2016
  21. Eric W. BiedermanFeb 23, 2016
  22. H. Peter AnvinFeb 24, 2016
  23. Stefan BellerFeb 23, 2016
  24. Michael J GruberFeb 24, 2016
  25. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2016
  26. Fengguang WuFeb 24, 2016
  27. Fengguang WuFeb 24, 2016
  28. Eric W. BiedermanFeb 23, 2016
  29. Fengguang WuFeb 24, 2016

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