Re: b4 review can't use merge strategy when skipping patches

Konstantin Ryabitsev <[email protected]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:56:04 +0000
Newsgroups org.kernel.linux.tools
Message-ID <178110696427.220060.12567432631798909648.b4-reply@b4>
On Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:36:17 +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> It's kind of annoying that b4 review can't use the merge strategy when
> applying a series that has skipped patches in it, it means there's no
> way to include a cover letter even if that cover letter is very good.
> Skipping is very common with multi-subsystem serieses, especially when
> DTS updates for some SoC or board are included along with a new driver.

The latest master should allow you to do this. Please let me know if the 
workflow works for you -- we pop up the patch selection screen as an 
additional check, but any patches you've skipped during review should 
already be deselected in it.

Thanks,
-- 
Konstantin Ryabitsev <[email protected]>