From: Junio C Hamano Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 19:20:17 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v27 0/2] status: add status.compareBranches config for multiple branch comparisons Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20260122190954.64780-1-haraldnordgren@gmail.com> Harald Nordgren writes: >> Before these list of CC's (which does not seem to have any effect, >> by the way. The message is going only to the list with your >> personal address on CC: and to nobody else), ... > > Hmm, I always just the 'git send-email' snippet from example here: > https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqbjilo6h9.fsf@gitster.g/, which for this > message is: > > git send-email \ > --in-reply-to=xmqqbjilo6h9.fsf@gitster.g \ > --to=gitster@pobox.com \ > --cc=git@vger.kernel.org \ > --cc=gitgitgadget@gmail.com \ > --cc=haraldnordgren@gmail.com \ > --cc=peff@peff.net \ > /path/to/YOUR_REPLY But the patch you sent was not using "git send-email", was it? I am not sure where those annoying and unused CC addresses comes from, but it would be from GGG, not from "git send-email", I suspect. >> ... please summarize >> >> (1) what this series of patches are about, to help those who >> encounter these patches for the first time, and >> >> (2) what changed in this iteration (v27) relative to the previous >> iteration (v26). >> >> I happen to have seen your other message so I can guess this is >> about deduping when more than one comparison target is listed and >> some happen to become the same branches, but others may not have >> seen that other message, and it is not helpful to just dump the >> range-diff and force them to read it to deduce what you did. > > Fair point, but I always always use GitGitGadget to submit patches to here, > I'm sure sure if there is a way to do that from there? Sorry, I do not work on or use GGG; other users of it may be able to chime in? Thanks.