Re: [GIT PULL] HID for 6.11

[Konstantin Ryabitsev]

On Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 03:32:48PM GMT, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > this commit broke b4 for everyone starting next-20240719, as it's
> > an empty cover letter with b4 tracking information
> 
> Konrad gave me idea which could at least protect final tree from such
> mistakes - commit hook for merges, something like:
> 
> https://github.com/krzk/tools/blob/master/linux/verify_b4.sh
> https://github.com/krzk/tools/blob/master/linux/git-hooks-post-merge

I'll include something like this into the contrib section.

Unfortunately, I'm not sure we can ever completely avoid this, but perhaps
linux-next can add a check to see if any of the commits in a merge contain
"--b4-submit-tracking--" and then refuse to consider it?

-K