Re: [PATCH 0/5] Introduce 'uploadpack.lazyFetchTrusted'

On Fri, Aug 7, 2026 at 8:31 PM Junio C Hamano <[email protected]> wrote:

> >  Documentation/config/uploadpack.adoc  |  42 ++++++++++
> >  Documentation/git-upload-pack.adoc    |   5 ++
> >  Documentation/git.adoc                |   4 +-
> >  builtin/upload-pack.c                 |  11 +++
> >  promisor-remote.c                     |  76 ++++++++++--------
> >  setup.c                               | 108 ++++++++++++++------------
> >  setup.h                               |  28 +++++++
> >  t/t5710-promisor-remote-capability.sh |  70 +++++++++++++++++
> >  upload-pack.c                         |  37 +++++++++
> >  upload-pack.h                         |   3 +
> >  10 files changed, 304 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-)
>
> What's missing is the information on the base.  I tried applying
> these patches to 'v2.55.0' and the recent tips of 'master':
>
>     2c78326f81 The 11th batch
>     5b2471720c The 10th batch
>     a97fcc37c2 The 9th batch
>     13c7afec21 The 8th batch
>     9a0c4701dc The 7th batch
>     5d2e770923 The 6th batch
>     48bbf81c29 The 5th batch
>     41365c2a9b The 4th batch for Git 2.56
>     d35c5399e3 The 3rd batch for Git 2.56
>     55526a1826 The 2nd batch for Git 2.56
>
> but the series did not apply to any of them.
>
> It turns out the reason has nothing to do with your choice of
> base.  It is because the series structure is not understood by 'b4'.
>
> The cover letter I am responding to is a reply to another series,
> but the patches in this round are not marked as 'v2'.  This seems
> to cause 'b4' to grab patches from both series and smash them
> together, resulting in an inapplicable mess.  It seems you cannot
> have your cake and eat it, too 😠.

I guess b4 should have, or grow, an option for that, because it's not
uncommon that someone would post an alternative patch or patch series
in reply to some patch(es).

> Next time, please do not thread the two topics together unless you
> are marking the newer iteration with a higher 'vN' number.

Ok, I will not do that. I will start a separate thread. Now I hope it
will work if I send a v2 in reply to the latest series.

Thanks.