patman: Use Patch-cc: instead of Cc:
Add a new Patch-cc: tag which performs the service now provided by
the Cc: tag. The Cc: tag is interpreted by git send-email but
ignored by patman.
So now:
Cc: patman does nothing. (git send-email can cc patches)
Patch-cc: patman Cc's patch and removes this tag from the patch
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
diff --git a/tools/patman/README b/tools/patman/README
index 59f1776..b3aba13 100644
--- a/tools/patman/README
+++ b/tools/patman/README
@@ -217,8 +217,10 @@
to update the log there and then, knowing that the script will
do the rest.
- Cc: Their Name <email>
- This copies a single patch to another email address.
+Patch-cc: Their Name <email>
+ This copies a single patch to another email address. Note that the
+ Cc: used by git send-email is ignored by patman, but will be
+ interpreted by git send-email if you use it.
Series-process-log: sort, uniq
This tells patman to sort and/or uniq the change logs. It is
@@ -246,8 +248,9 @@
Once the patches are created, patman sends them using git send-email. The
whole series is sent to the recipients in Series-to: and Series-cc.
-You can Cc individual patches to other people with the Cc: tag. Tags in the
-subject are also picked up to Cc patches. For example, a commit like this:
+You can Cc individual patches to other people with the Patch-cc: tag. Tags
+in the subject are also picked up to Cc patches. For example, a commit like
+this:
>>>>
commit 10212537b85ff9b6e09c82045127522c0f0db981
@@ -258,16 +261,16 @@
This should make sending out e-mails to the right people easier.
- Cc: sandbox, mikef, ag
- Cc: afleming
+ Patch-cc: sandbox, mikef, ag
+ Patch-cc: afleming
<<<<
will create a patch which is copied to x86, arm, sandbox, mikef, ag and
afleming.
-If you have a cover letter it will get sent to the union of the CC lists of
-all of the other patches. If you want to sent it to additional people you
-can add a tag:
+If you have a cover letter it will get sent to the union of the Patch-cc
+lists of all of the other patches. If you want to sent it to additional
+people you can add a tag:
Cover-letter-cc: <list of addresses>