From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 22:31:42 GMT
Subject: Re: On the nature of cover letters [WAS Re: [PATCH 0/6] Create Git/Packet.pm]
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On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> 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)