Hi, A few small points.
Vegard Nossum wrote: > * git am (or an alternative command) needs to recreate the commit > perfectly when applied, including applying it to the correct parent Interesting. "git format-patch" has a --base option to do some of what you're looking for, for the sake of snowpatch <https://github.com/ruscur/snowpatch>. Though it's not exactly the same thing you mean. We also discussed sending merge commits by mail recently in the virtual git committer summit[1]. Of course, the devil is in the details. It's straightforward to use "git bundle" to use mail as a Git transport today, but presumably you also want the ability to perform reviews along the way and that's not so easy with a binary format. Do you have more details on what you'd want the format to look like, particularly for merge commits? [...] > there > is no need for "changeset IDs" or whatever, since you can just use the > git SHA1 which is unique, unambiguous, and stable. In [2] the hope was for some identifier that is preserved by "git rebase" and "git commit --amend" (so that you can track the evolution of a change as the author improves it in response to reviews). Is that the conversation you're alluding to? [...] > Disadvantages: > > - requires patching git That's not a disadvantage. It means get to work with the Git project, which is a welcoming bunch of people, working on userspace (seeing how the other half lives), and improving the lives of everyone using Git. [...] > Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2019 16:15:59 +0200 > Subject: [PATCH 1/3] format-patch: add --complete > > Include the raw commit data between the changelog and the diffstat. Oh! I had missed this on first reading because it was in an attachment. I have mixed feelings. Can you say a bit more about the advantages and disadvantages relative to sending a git bundle? What happens if a mail client or a box along the way mangles whitespace in the commit message? Happy hacking, Jonathan [1] https://public-inbox.org/git/nycvar.qro.7.76.6.1909261253400.15...@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/ksummit-discuss/CAD=FV=upjppuyftpjf-ogzj_6ljle4ptxmhcocedmh1lxss...@mail.gmail.com/
