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Re: getting git send-email patches from someone who is behind

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Sandra Snan <sandra.snan@idiomdrottning.org>
Date
Dec 8, 2023, 18:57 UTC
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Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> writes:
> Yes, setting base-commit is the right solution here -- it will 
> tell you exactly where in the tree it belongs.

I didn't know that before today and that's good advice when sending patches, but if I'm receiving patches without that field set, I wonder how people are dealing with that.

> In its absence, tools like b4 will also try to guess where the 
> series might belong by comparing the file index information 
> mentioned in the patches.
Ah, this! https://b4.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/
This looks wonderful, thank you!
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