From:   David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
To:     'Sasha Levin' <sashal@kernel.org>,
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Subject: RE: AUTOSEL process
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> I suppose that if I had a way to know if a certain a commit is part of a
> series, I could either take all of it or none of it, but I don't think I
> have a way of doing that by looking at a commit in Linus' tree
> (suggestions welcome, I'm happy to implement them).

Could something in git (eg when patches get applied) add dependencies
between the patches in a series.
While that won't force the entire series be added, it would ensure
that all earlier patches are added.

	David

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