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Date:   Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:49:31 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>, workflows@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: improve the base commit
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On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 06:03:30PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> From: "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@alien8.de>
> 
> After receiving a second patchset this week without knowing which tree
> it applies on and trying to apply it on the obvious ones and failing,
> make sure the base tree information which needs to be supplied in the
> 0th message of the patchset is spelled out more explicitly.
> 
> Also, make the formulations stronger as this really is a requirement and
> not only a useful thing anymore.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>

Yup, I wonder if making "--base=auto" a default in git might be a good
idea too?

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

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Kees Cook