[U-Boot] [PATCH] patman: Make dry-run output match real functionality

[Simon Glass]

Hi Peter,

On 26 January 2015 at 10:42, Peter Tyser <ptyser at xes-inc.com> wrote:
> When run with the --dry-run argument patman prints out information
> showing what it would do.  This information currently doesn't line up
> with what patman/git send-email really do.  Some basic examples:
> - If an email address is addressed via "Series-cc" and "Patch-cc" patman
>   shows that email address would be CC-ed two times.
> - If an email address is addressed via "Series-to" and "Patch-cc" patman
>   shows that email address would be sent TO and CC-ed.
> - If an email address is addressed from a combination of tag aliases,
>   get_maintainer.pl output, "Series-cc", "Patch-cc", etc patman shows
>   that the email address would be CC-ed multiple times.
>
> Patman currently does try to send duplicate emails like the --dry-run
> output shows, but "git send-email" intelligently removes duplicate
> addresses so this patch shouldn't change the non-dry-run functionality.
>
> Change patman's output and email addressing to line up with the
> "git send-email" logic.  This trims down patman's dry-run output and
> prevents confusion about what patman will do when emails are actually
> sent.

Thanks for the patch, it's good to match up with git send-email.

Are the rules that git send-email follows documented or obtained by
trial and error?

Regards,
Simon