Hi All,
I propose to add CC: <author> to the output of the git fixline command[1].
The logic here is that if it is a fix to the previous code, the original author
of that code should be informed. Currently the author must read the
mailing-list carefully in order to ensure that no patches are missed, that fix
code that they are the author of.
The new workflow is the same as before: copy the output of "git fixline" into
the commit message. The output would now be two lines as follows:
Fixes: 17b8320a3e11 ("vhost: remove index parameter")
cc: aut...@domain.com
The following git fixline achieves this:
git log -1 --abbrev=12 --format="Fixes: %h (\"%s\")%nCC:%ae"
Opinions? -Harry
[1] http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/contributing/patches.html#commit-messages-body
