Re: [PATCH v3] cache-tree.c: remove implicit dependency on the_repository

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 4, 2021, 05:36 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq5z12zk3q.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <16da2d91-9eda-ddf4-dd87-e07fb2bfbbcb@gmail.com>

Chinmoy Chakraborty <chinmoy12c@gmail.com> writes:

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>> And if you are building somewhere other than the tip of 'master', it
>> is necessary to say where, in order to save confusion and wasted
>> effort for your readers.  E.g.  "This patch was made on top of
>> merging topic 'X' and 'Y' into 'master'".  Then you'd only have to
>> wait for 'X' and 'Y' to graduate to 'master' before the topic can
>> proceed.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> Should this information also be added to the commit message
>
> or just the cover letter of the patch?

We often see people write it in the cover letter for multi-patch series. For a single patch topic, it is written under the three-dash line.

Thanks.