On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 01:48:23PM -0400, Yury Norov wrote: > (Thanks for b4!)
\o/ > Interesting thread. > > So, my workflow is: > > 1. git format-patch --cover-letter > 2. # Edit cover letter, add To and CC section > 3. git send-email 000* --to-cover --cc-cover > 4. b4 am > 5. # Address nits/typos in the mbox > 6. git am > 7. # Address substantial comments in git > 8. git format-patch -v2 --cover-letter > 9. # Edit cover letter again to restore body, To and CC sections > 10. git send-email v2-000* --to-cover --cc-cover This is doing it the classic way. > So, yes I loose recipients on every iteration, together with the whole > cover letter. But to me it's not a big deal because I can just pull > them from my mailbox. > > In the better world, I'd like to have: > git send-email -v2 000* --to-the-same-people-as-in-v1 > > In the perfect world, I'd prefer to keep the cover letter under the > git control, once it created, together with the recipients, once they > are added, and be able to edit them just like regular commits. > > There's a 'git am -k', which is seemingly related to the matter, and > it keeps the [PATCH] prefix. But it's not what can preserve recipients > for me. > > I'll try b4 prep and trailers as suggested. Yes, it was created to simplify this process significantly. It's still mostly git and email, but at least you won't have to do quite so many manual steps. Regards, -- KR
