On Mon, Sep 08, 2025 at 01:11:00PM -0700, dan.j.williams@intel.com wrote:
> Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:

> > We do support this usage using `b4 shazam -M` -- it's the functional
> > equivalent of applying a pull request and will use the cover letter contents
> > as the initial source of the merge commit message. I do encourage people to
> > use this more than just a linear `git am` for series, for a number of reasons:

> For me, as a subsystem downstream person the 'mindless' patch.msgid.link
> saves me time when I need to report a regression, or validate which
> version of a patch was pulled from a list when curating a long-running
> topic in a staging tree. I do make sure to put actual discussion
> references outside the patch.msgid.link namespace and hope that others
> continue to use this helpful breadcrumb.

Yes, I use the links constantly too when reporting regressions - it's
super helpful to just be able to pull the message and thread from the
mailing list with b4.  You get an initial way into the discussion (and
any reports someone else made) and a good list of people to CC.