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Re: [PATCH] RFC: add MAINTAINERS file

From
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Apr 2, 2024, 05:59 UTC
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On Tue, Apr 02, 2024 at 01:46:22AM -0400, Eric Sunshine wrote:
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> On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 1:40 AM Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> wrote:
> > When it does know about both I also see myself using it more frequently
> > in the future. It would be nice if git-send-email(1)/git-format-patch(1)
> > had a switch `--cc-command=` or similar that you can pass the script to
> > so that To/Cc lines would be added automatically. The script then gets
> > the commit range as input and can decide based on whatever criteria whom
> > to Cc. To the best of my knowledge that is not currently possible.
> 
> I may be misunderstanding your statement, but this automated mode was
> exactly the original use-case. contrib/contacts/git-contacts.txt says
> this:
> 
>     This command can be useful for determining the list of people with
>     whom to discuss proposed changes, or for finding the list of
>     recipients to Cc: when submitting a patch series via `git
>     send-email`. For the latter case, `git contacts` can be used as
>     the argument to `git send-email`'s `--cc-cmd` option.

Ah. I myself use git-format-patch(1) and mutt(1) to send the resulting patches, and that command doesn't know about `--cc-cmd`. But git-send-email(1) in fact does, good to know. So my statement still partially stands, and we might want to make `--cc-cmd` available in git-format-patch(1), too.

Patrick
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Message 13 of 23 in “RFC: add MAINTAINERS file”
  1. RFC: add MAINTAINERS fileLinus Arver via GitGitGadget, Mar 23, 2024
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2024
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2024
  4. Linus ArverMar 27, 2024
  5. Patrick SteinhardtMar 27, 2024
  6. Linus ArverMar 30, 2024
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 30, 2024
  8. Taylor BlauApr 1, 2024
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 1, 2024
  10. Linus ArverApr 2, 2024
  11. Patrick SteinhardtApr 2, 2024
  12. Eric SunshineApr 2, 2024
  13. Patrick SteinhardtApr 2, 2024
  14. Linus ArverMar 26, 2024
  15. Taylor BlauMar 26, 2024
  16. Junio C HamanoMar 27, 2024
  17. Linus ArverMar 27, 2024
  18. Junio C HamanoMar 27, 2024
  19. Linus ArverMar 30, 2024
  20. Patrick SteinhardtApr 2, 2024
  21. Linus ArverApr 4, 2024
  22. Patrick SteinhardtApr 2, 2024
  23. Junio C HamanoApr 2, 2024

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