[PATCH] git-format-patch: Make the second and subsequent mails replies to the first

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[PATCH] git-format-patch: Make the second and subsequent mails replies to the first

From: Josh Triplett <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:33

Add message_id and ref_message_id fields to struct rev_info, used in show_log
with CMIT_FMT_EMAIL to set Message-Id and In-Reply-To/References respectively.
Use these in git-format-patch to make the second and subsequent patch mails
replies to the first patch mail.

Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <redacted>
---
git-send-email already does this, but this change helps people who use
things like git-imap-send or similar to send the patch emails by other
means.

 builtin-log.c |   23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 log-tree.c    |    5 +++++
 revision.h    |    2 ++
 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c
index 864c6cd..9d0cae1 100644
--- a/builtin-log.c
+++ b/builtin-log.c
@@ -220,6 +220,17 @@ static void get_patch_ids(struct rev_inf
 	o2->flags = flags2;
 }
 
+static void gen_message_id(char *dest, unsigned int length, char *base)
+{
+	const char *committer = git_committer_info(1);
+	const char *email_start = strrchr(committer, '<');
+	const char *email_end = strrchr(committer, '>');
+	if(!email_start || !email_end || email_start > email_end - 1)
+		die("Could not extract email from committer identity.");
+	snprintf(dest, length, "%s.%u.git.%.*s", base, time(NULL),
+		 email_end - email_start - 1, email_start + 1);
+}
+
 int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp)
 {
 	struct commit *commit;
@@ -233,6 +244,8 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const cha
 	int ignore_if_in_upstream = 0;
 	struct diff_options patch_id_opts;
 	char *add_signoff = NULL;
+	char message_id[1024];
+	char ref_message_id[1024];
 
 	init_revisions(&rev);
 	rev.commit_format = CMIT_FMT_EMAIL;
@@ -359,6 +372,16 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const cha
 		int shown;
 		commit = list[nr];
 		rev.nr = total - nr + (start_number - 1);
+		/* Make the second and subsequent mails replies to the first */
+		if (nr == (total - 2)) {
+			strncpy(ref_message_id, message_id,
+				sizeof(ref_message_id));
+			ref_message_id[sizeof(ref_message_id)-1] = '\0';
+			rev.ref_message_id = ref_message_id;
+		}
+		gen_message_id(message_id, sizeof(message_id),
+			       sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1));
+		rev.message_id = message_id;
 		if (!use_stdout)
 			reopen_stdout(commit, rev.nr, keep_subject);
 		shown = log_tree_commit(&rev, commit);
diff --git a/log-tree.c b/log-tree.c
index 9d8d46f..4971988 100644
--- a/log-tree.c
+++ b/log-tree.c
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ void show_log(struct rev_info *opt, cons
 			subject = "Subject: ";
 
 		printf("From %s Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001\n", sha1);
+		if (opt->message_id)
+			printf("Message-Id: <%s>\n", opt->message_id);
+		if (opt->ref_message_id)
+			printf("In-Reply-To: <%s>\nReferences: <%s>\n",
+			       opt->ref_message_id, opt->ref_message_id);
 		if (opt->mime_boundary) {
 			static char subject_buffer[1024];
 			static char buffer[1024];
diff --git a/revision.h b/revision.h
index c010a08..e23ec8f 100644
--- a/revision.h
+++ b/revision.h
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ struct rev_info {
 	struct log_info *loginfo;
 	int		nr, total;
 	const char	*mime_boundary;
+	const char	*message_id;
+	const char	*ref_message_id;
 	const char	*add_signoff;
 	const char	*extra_headers;
 
-- 
1.4.1.gbe4c7-dirty

Re: [PATCH] git-format-patch: Make the second and subsequent mails replies to the first

From: Johannes Schindelin <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:33

Hi,

please make that behaviour optional.

Ciao,
Dscho

Re: [PATCH] git-format-patch: Make the second and subsequent mails replies to the first

From: Erik Mouw <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:33

On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 06:01:48PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
please make that behaviour optional.
Rather make it consistent with git-send-email. Principle of least
surprise.


Erik

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Re: [PATCH] git-format-patch: Make the second and subsequent mails replies to the first

From: Josh Triplett <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:33

On Mon, 2006-07-10 at 18:29 +0200, Erik Mouw wrote:
On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 06:01:48PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
quoted
please make that behaviour optional.
Rather make it consistent with git-send-email. Principle of least
surprise.
Well, git-send-email does not include an option to disable the threading
headers, so consistency with git-send-email would imply not including
any such option.  I can, however, implement a --no-thread option to omit
the headers, as well as git-send-email's --in-reply-to option to set an
initial In-Reply-To/References.  New patch series shortly.

- Josh Triplett

[PATCH 1/3] git-format-patch: Make the second and subsequent mails replies to the first

From: Josh Triplett <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:33

Add message_id and ref_message_id fields to struct rev_info, used in show_log
with CMIT_FMT_EMAIL to set Message-Id and In-Reply-To/References respectively.
Use these in git-format-patch to make the second and subsequent patch mails
replies to the first patch mail.

Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <redacted>
---
Resend of previous patch as part of new patch series.

 builtin-log.c |   23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 log-tree.c    |    5 +++++
 revision.h    |    2 ++
 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c
index 864c6cd..9d0cae1 100644
--- a/builtin-log.c
+++ b/builtin-log.c
@@ -220,6 +220,17 @@ static void get_patch_ids(struct rev_inf
 	o2->flags = flags2;
 }
 
+static void gen_message_id(char *dest, unsigned int length, char *base)
+{
+	const char *committer = git_committer_info(1);
+	const char *email_start = strrchr(committer, '<');
+	const char *email_end = strrchr(committer, '>');
+	if(!email_start || !email_end || email_start > email_end - 1)
+		die("Could not extract email from committer identity.");
+	snprintf(dest, length, "%s.%u.git.%.*s", base, time(NULL),
+		 email_end - email_start - 1, email_start + 1);
+}
+
 int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp)
 {
 	struct commit *commit;
@@ -233,6 +244,8 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const cha
 	int ignore_if_in_upstream = 0;
 	struct diff_options patch_id_opts;
 	char *add_signoff = NULL;
+	char message_id[1024];
+	char ref_message_id[1024];
 
 	init_revisions(&rev);
 	rev.commit_format = CMIT_FMT_EMAIL;
@@ -359,6 +372,16 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const cha
 		int shown;
 		commit = list[nr];
 		rev.nr = total - nr + (start_number - 1);
+		/* Make the second and subsequent mails replies to the first */
+		if (nr == (total - 2)) {
+			strncpy(ref_message_id, message_id,
+				sizeof(ref_message_id));
+			ref_message_id[sizeof(ref_message_id)-1] = '\0';
+			rev.ref_message_id = ref_message_id;
+		}
+		gen_message_id(message_id, sizeof(message_id),
+			       sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1));
+		rev.message_id = message_id;
 		if (!use_stdout)
 			reopen_stdout(commit, rev.nr, keep_subject);
 		shown = log_tree_commit(&rev, commit);
diff --git a/log-tree.c b/log-tree.c
index 9d8d46f..4971988 100644
--- a/log-tree.c
+++ b/log-tree.c
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ void show_log(struct rev_info *opt, cons
 			subject = "Subject: ";
 
 		printf("From %s Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001\n", sha1);
+		if (opt->message_id)
+			printf("Message-Id: <%s>\n", opt->message_id);
+		if (opt->ref_message_id)
+			printf("In-Reply-To: <%s>\nReferences: <%s>\n",
+			       opt->ref_message_id, opt->ref_message_id);
 		if (opt->mime_boundary) {
 			static char subject_buffer[1024];
 			static char buffer[1024];
diff --git a/revision.h b/revision.h
index c010a08..e23ec8f 100644
--- a/revision.h
+++ b/revision.h
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ struct rev_info {
 	struct log_info *loginfo;
 	int		nr, total;
 	const char	*mime_boundary;
+	const char	*message_id;
+	const char	*ref_message_id;
 	const char	*add_signoff;
 	const char	*extra_headers;
 
-- 
1.4.1.gf029

Re: [PATCH] git-format-patch: Make the second and subsequent mails replies to the first

From: Jakub Narebski <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:33

Josh Triplett wrote:
On Mon, 2006-07-10 at 18:29 +0200, Erik Mouw wrote:
quoted
On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 06:01:48PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
quoted
please make that behaviour optional.
Rather make it consistent with git-send-email. Principle of least
surprise.
Well, git-send-email does not include an option to disable the threading
headers, so consistency with git-send-email would imply not including
any such option.  I can, however, implement a --no-thread option to omit
the headers, as well as git-send-email's --in-reply-to option to set an
initial In-Reply-To/References.  New patch series shortly.
git-send-email has three ways of sending files:
 1. Chain Reply-To:, where every patch refers to earlier in series.
    Ugly in threaded mail/news readers, harder to comment, but there is
    no way to loose the order (e.g. if patches are not numbered *blush*)
 2. No chain reply-to, with cover letter introducing patch series.
    IMHO nicest format... provided there are no errors nor mistakes.
 3. No chain reply-to, without cover letter. I presonally don't like 
    this format, YMMV.
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
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