On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 12:48:49PM -0400, Brian Masney wrote:
> > This was developed on 6.16 but when I bumped this thread I checked and
> > they all apply cleanly on the v6.17-rc3 tag. I also just tested on
> > next-20250828 tag and this set applies cleanly as well.
>
> I initially used
> 'b4 mbox af762c93-c9d0-485e-a0d1-7792e6e37c09@microchip.com' to download
> the series, and tried to apply it with 'git am', and that's when only 12
> of the 32 patches apply cleanly. I expected to have to 'git am --skip'
> on the cover letter.
`b4 mbox` downloads the entire thread, including followups, and isn't really
intended to be passed directly to git -- it's more aimed at people who want to
read a whole thread in their preferred email agent.
> However, if I download the series with
> 'b4 am af762c93-c9d0-485e-a0d1-7792e6e37c09@microchip.com', then all of
> the patches apply cleanly.
This is because `b4 am` will make sure they are in the right order, etc. This
is, in fact, the command that is intended for this purpose.
Hope this helps.
-K