Re: [PATCH] b4: include change-id in cover template

From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date: Jul 10, 2026, 08:46 UTC
Message-ID: <alCxgqybWb9eDEG0@pks.im>
In-Reply-To: <20260710-add-change-id-to-b4-template-v1-1-1bd37a25064e@black-desk.cn>

On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 03:22:13PM +0800, Chen Linxuan via B4 Relay wrote:

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> From: Chen Linxuan <me@black-desk.cn>
> 
> With b4 0.15.2, I hit a local failure after sending a series with the
> in-tree cover template.  The generated sent/<change-id>-vN tag contained
> base-commit, but did not contain change-id, and later b4 commands failed
> when trying to read it:
> 
>   CRITICAL: Tag sent/... does not contain change-id info
> 
> Looking at b4's source, the sent tag message is derived from the rendered
> cover letter.  The same code later parses that tag and expects both
> base-commit and change-id to be present.  The default b4 cover template
> has both trailers, but our in-tree template only has base-commit.
> 
> Add the missing change-id trailer next to base-commit so sent tags
> produced from the project template remain readable by b4's reroll and
> comparison logic.

Ah, that's indeed an oversight on my side. So this change looks good to me, thanks!

Patrick