On Tue, 08/08 16:00, Laszlo Ersek wrote: > On 08/08/17 04:02, Fam Zheng wrote: > > Hi, QEMU patch submitters, > > > > I've patched patchew so that if you add a line: > > > > Based-on: $MESSAGE_ID > > > > in your cover letter body, or in a reply to it (or reply to reply), patchew > > will > > try to apply your series on top of the one $MESSAGE_ID refers to, assuming > > the > > base series _was_ successfully applied by patchew earlier. > > > > In the single patch case, you can put the line under the "---" mark in the > > commit message (no need to let it enter git history). > > > > For human readability, around the "Based-on:" line it may be better if the > > subject is noted. E.g.: > > > > Based-on: 20170804140942.19342-1-f...@redhat.com > > ([PATCH for-2.10] vmdk: Fix error handling/reporting of vmdk_check) > > > > Please don't join them in one line because it will confuse the parser, > > after all > > following the message id text, there aren't many spaces left. > > If the basis is a multi-patch series, should Based-on refer to the msgid > of the last patch in that series, or its blurb? (I guess "refer to > blurb" is more logical, but asking shouldn't hurt.)
My bad for not making it clear: patchew identifies patch series by cover letter message id, so yes, "blurb" is right. Fam