Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] mfd/regulator/clk: bd71837: ROHM BD71837 PMIC driver

[Stephen Boyd]

Quoting Lee Jones (2018-05-30 04:16:49)
> On Tue, 29 May 2018, Matti Vaittinen wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 08:39:58AM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > On Mon, 28 May 2018, Matti Vaittinen wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Patch series adding support for ROHM BD71837 PMIC.
> > > FYI, this patch-set is going to be difficult to manage since it was
> > > not sent 'threaded'.
> > > 
> > > If/when you send a subsequent version, could you please ensure you
> > > send the set threaded so the patches keep in relation to one another
> > > as they are reviewed?
> > 
> > Thanks for the guidance. I have not sent so many patches to community so
> > I am grateful also from all the practical tips =) Just one slight problem.
> > I have only seen emails being threaded when one is replying to an email.
> > So how should I send my patches in same thread? Just send first one and
> > then send subsequent patches as replies?
> > 
> > I just killed some unused definitions and one unused variable from the
> > code so I am about to send new version. I'll try doing that as a threaded
> > series and resend all the patches as v3.
> 
> You don't need to do this manually.
> 
> Just use `git send-email` with the correct arguments.
> 

I usually send with 'git send-email *.patch' so that git can do the
threading for me. Looks like these patches were sent with Mutt though,
so perhaps 'git format-patch | git imap-send' was used without the
--thread option on format-patch.