Re: [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] Coping with the new-developer flood

On Fri, Aug 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM Laurent Pinchart
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> It depends on how we interpret the trailers. base-commit is generated by
> b4, and I understand it as meaning the submitter used the specified
> commit as a base. It doesn't have to mean that maintainers have to apply
> the series on that exact base. Compared to having no base specified, it
> tells what base the series *can* apply to. I think that's useful
> information.

Yeah, it is very useful when things do not apply cleanly.

By the way, `git format-patch --base` generates it (and the
`prerequisite-patch-id`s), for those not using b4.

Cheers,
Miguel