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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2021 13:58:40 +0300
From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
To: tools@linux.kernel.org
Subject: Re: backfilling threads with b4 (was: Re: [MAINTAINER SUMMIT]
 Rethinking the acceptance policy for "trivial" patches)
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On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 02:05:40PM -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 08:56:45PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > >     macro index 4 "<pipe-message>~/work/git/korg/b4/b4.sh mbox -f -o ~/Mail<return>"
> > > 
> > > You'll need to adjust it to point at where your maildir lives, of course, but
> > > that's the general idea. With it in place, you can hit "4" in the index view
> > > to get the rest of the thread (without duplicating the messages you already
> > > have).
> > 
> > Konstantin,
> > 
> > I tried the above and here the obstacles which I encounter.
> 
> This is probably better suited for tools@linux.kernel.org (cc'ing
> accordingly).
> 
> > 1. My emails are stored in Maildir. The mb2md script half-worked but ok
> > for the test.
> > 2. b4 didn't work if I tried to use lore link from the middle of discussion,
> > which is very common pattern to me.
> > 3. b4 didn't grab the discussions, so I got the patches, but didn't get and
> > won't get any interesting to me responses.
> 
> Are you sure you copied the command correctly? 
> 
> 1. It should automatically recognize when it's pointed at a maildir, so no
>    mb2md should be necessary. Are you sure you changed "-o ~/Mail" to be
>    pointing at your maildir?
> 2. It's supposed to grab the message-id from the piped message, so you
>    shouldn't need to pass any lore links.
> 3. Are you sure you're using "b4 mbox" not "b4 am"? The mbox command just
>    returns the entire thread.

Thanks Konstantin,

I tried the suggestion and it worked. The b4 downloaded whole thread
with all comments.

Thanks