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.TH B4 5 "2020-11-20" "0.7.0" ""
.SH NAME
B4 \- Work with code submissions in a public-inbox archive
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
b4 {mbox,am,attest,pr,ty,diff} [options]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
This is a helper utility to work with patches and pull requests made
available via a public\-inbox archive like lore.kernel.org. It is
written to make it easier to participate in a patch\-based workflows,
like those used in the Linux kernel development.
.sp
The name "b4" was chosen for ease of typing and because B\-4 was the
precursor to Lore and Data in the Star Trek universe.
.SH SUBCOMMANDS
.INDENT 0.0
.IP \(bu 2
\fIb4 mbox\fP: Download a thread as an mbox file
.IP \(bu 2
\fIb4 am\fP: Create an mbox file that is ready to git\-am
.IP \(bu 2
\fIb4 pr\fP: Work with pull requests
.IP \(bu 2
\fIb4 diff\fP: Show range\-diff style diffs between patch versions
.IP \(bu 2
\fIb4 ty\fP: Create templated replies for processed patches and pull requests
.IP \(bu 2
\fIb4 attest\fP: (EXPERIMENTAL) Add cryptographic attestation to patches
.IP \(bu 2
\fIb4 kr\fP (EXPERIMENTAL) Operate on patatt\-compatible keyrings
.UNINDENT
.SH OPTIONS
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-h\fP,\fB \-\-help
show this help message and exit
.TP
.B \-d\fP,\fB \-\-debug
Add more debugging info to the output (default: False)
.TP
.B \-q\fP,\fB \-\-quiet
Output critical information only (default: False)
.UNINDENT
.SH SUBCOMMAND OPTIONS
.SS b4 mbox
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B usage:
b4 mbox [\-h] [\-o OUTDIR] [\-p USEPROJECT] [\-c] [\-n WANTNAME] [\-m LOCALMBOX] [msgid]
.TP
.B positional arguments:
msgid Message ID to process, or pipe a raw message
.TP
.B optional arguments:
.INDENT 7.0
.TP
.B \-h\fP,\fB \-\-help
show this help message and exit
.TP
.BI \-o \ OUTDIR\fR,\fB \ \-\-outdir \ OUTDIR
Output into this directory (or use \- to output mailbox contents to stdout)
.TP
.BI \-p \ USEPROJECT\fR,\fB \ \-\-use\-project \ USEPROJECT
Use a specific project instead of guessing (linux\-mm, linux\-hardening, etc)
.TP
.B \-c\fP,\fB \-\-check\-newer\-revisions
Check if newer patch revisions exist
.TP
.BI \-n \ WANTNAME\fR,\fB \ \-\-mbox\-name \ WANTNAME
Filename to name the mbox file
.TP
.BI \-m \ LOCALMBOX\fR,\fB \ \-\-use\-local\-mbox \ LOCALMBOX
Instead of grabbing a thread from lore, process this mbox file
(or use \- for stdin)
.TP
.B \-C\fP,\fB \-\-no\-cache
Do not use local cache
.TP
.B \-f\fP,\fB \-\-filter\-dupes
When adding messages to existing maildir, filter out duplicates
.TP
.B \-M\fP,\fB \-\-save\-as\-maildir
Save as maildir (avoids mbox format ambiguities)
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.sp
\fIExample\fP: b4 mbox \fI\%20200313231252.64999\-1\-keescook@chromium.org\fP
.SS b4 am
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B usage:
b4 am [\-h] [\-o OUTDIR] [\-p USEPROJECT] [\-c] [\-n WANTNAME] [\-m LOCALMBOX] [\-v WANTVER] [\-t] [\-T] [\-s] [\-l] [\-Q] [msgid]
.TP
.B positional arguments:
msgid Message ID to process, or pipe a raw message
.TP
.B optional arguments:
.INDENT 7.0
.TP
.B \-h\fP,\fB \-\-help
show this help message and exit
.TP
.BI \-o \ OUTDIR\fR,\fB \ \-\-outdir \ OUTDIR
Output into this directory (or use \- to output mailbox contents to stdout)
.TP
.BI \-p \ USEPROJECT\fR,\fB \ \-\-use\-project \ USEPROJECT
Use a specific project instead of guessing (linux\-mm, linux\-hardening, etc)
.TP
.B \-c\fP,\fB \-\-check\-newer\-revisions
Check if newer patch revisions exist
.TP
.BI \-n \ WANTNAME\fR,\fB \ \-\-mbox\-name \ WANTNAME
Filename to name the mbox file
.TP
.BI \-m \ LOCALMBOX\fR,\fB \ \-\-use\-local\-mbox \ LOCALMBOX
Instead of grabbing a thread from lore, process this mbox file
(or use \- for stdin)
.TP
.B \-M\fP,\fB \-\-save\-as\-maildir
Save as maildir (avoids mbox format ambiguities)
.TP
.B \-C\fP,\fB \-\-no\-cache
Do not use local cache
.TP
.BI \-v \ WANTVER\fR,\fB \ \-\-use\-version \ WANTVER
Get a specific version of the patch/series
.TP
.B \-t\fP,\fB \-\-apply\-cover\-trailers
Apply trailers sent to the cover letter to all patches
.TP
.B \-S\fP,\fB \-\-sloppy\-trailers
Apply trailers without email address match checking
.TP
.B \-T\fP,\fB \-\-no\-add\-trailers
Do not add or sort any trailers
.TP
.B \-s\fP,\fB \-\-add\-my\-sob
Add your own signed\-off\-by to every patch
.TP
.B \-l\fP,\fB \-\-add\-link
Add a lore.kernel.org/r/ link to every patch
.TP
.B \-Q\fP,\fB \-\-quilt\-ready
Save patches in a quilt\-ready folder
.TP
.BI \-P \ CHERRYPICK\fR,\fB \ \-\-cherry\-pick \ CHERRYPICK
Cherry\-pick a subset of patches (e.g. "\-P 1\-2,4,6\-", "\-P _" to use just the msgid specified, or "\-P *globbing*" to match on commit subject)
.TP
.B \-g\fP,\fB \-\-guess\-base
Try to guess the base of the series (if not specified)
.TP
.B \-3\fP,\fB \-\-prep\-3way
Prepare for a 3\-way merge (tries to ensure that all index blobs exist by making a fake commit range)
.TP
.B \-\-cc\-trailers
Copy all Cc\(aqd addresses into Cc: trailers, if not already present
.TP
.B \-\-no\-cover
Do not save the cover letter (on by default when using \-o \-)
.TP
.B \-\-no\-partial\-reroll
Do not reroll partial series when detected
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.sp
\fIExample\fP: b4 am \fI\%20200313231252.64999\-1\-keescook@chromium.org\fP
.SS b4 attest
.sp
usage: b4 attest [\-h] patchfile [patchfile ...]
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B positional arguments:
patchfile Patches to attest
.UNINDENT
.sp
\fIExample\fP: b4 attest outgoing/*.patch
.SS b4 pr
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B usage:
command.py pr [\-h] [\-g GITDIR] [\-b BRANCH] [\-c] [\-e] [\-o OUTMBOX] [msgid]
.TP
.B positional arguments:
msgid Message ID to process, or pipe a raw message
.TP
.B optional arguments:
.INDENT 7.0
.TP
.B \-h\fP,\fB \-\-help
show this help message and exit
.TP
.BI \-g \ GITDIR\fR,\fB \ \-\-gitdir \ GITDIR
Operate on this git tree instead of current dir
.TP
.BI \-b \ BRANCH\fR,\fB \ \-\-branch \ BRANCH
Check out FETCH_HEAD into this branch after fetching
.TP
.B \-c\fP,\fB \-\-check
Check if pull request has already been applied
.TP
.B \-e\fP,\fB \-\-explode
Convert a pull request into an mbox full of patches
.TP
.BI \-o \ OUTMBOX\fR,\fB \ \-\-output\-mbox \ OUTMBOX
Save exploded messages into this mailbox (default: msgid.mbx)
.TP
.B \-l\fP,\fB \-\-retrieve\-links
Attempt to retrieve any Link: URLs (use with \-e)
.TP
.BI \-f \ MAILFROM\fR,\fB \ \-\-from\-addr \ MAILFROM
Use this From: in exploded messages (use with \-e)
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.sp
\fIExample\fP: b4 pr \fI\%202003292120.2BDCB41@keescook\fP
.SS b4 ty
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B usage:
b4 ty [\-h] [\-g GITDIR] [\-o OUTDIR] [\-l] [\-s SEND [SEND ...]] [\-d DISCARD [DISCARD ...]] [\-a] [\-b BRANCH] [\-\-since SINCE]
.TP
.B optional arguments:
.INDENT 7.0
.TP
.B \-h\fP,\fB \-\-help
show this help message and exit
.TP
.BI \-g \ GITDIR\fR,\fB \ \-\-gitdir \ GITDIR
Operate on this git tree instead of current dir
.TP
.BI \-o \ OUTDIR\fR,\fB \ \-\-outdir \ OUTDIR
Write thanks files into this dir (default=.)
.TP
.B \-l\fP,\fB \-\-list
List pull requests and patch series you have retrieved
.TP
.BI \-s \ SEND\fR,\fB \ \-\-send \ SEND
Generate thankyous for specific entries from \-l (e.g.: 1,3\-5,7\-; or "all")
.TP
.BI \-d \ DISCARD\fR,\fB \ \-\-discard \ DISCARD
Discard specific messages from \-l (e.g.: 1,3\-5,7\-; or "all")
.TP
.B \-a\fP,\fB \-\-auto
Use the Auto\-Thankanator to figure out what got applied/merged
.TP
.BI \-b \ BRANCH\fR,\fB \ \-\-branch \ BRANCH
The branch to check against, instead of current
.TP
.BI \-\-since \ SINCE
The \-\-since option to use when auto\-matching patches (default=1.week)
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.sp
\fIExample\fP: b4 ty \-\-auto
.SS b4 diff
.sp
usage: b4 diff [\-h] [\-g GITDIR] [\-p USEPROJECT] [\-C] [\-v WANTVERS [WANTVERS ...]] [\-n] [\-o OUTDIFF] [\-c] [\-m AMBOX AMBOX] [msgid]
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B positional arguments:
msgid Message ID to process, pipe a raw message, or use \-m
.UNINDENT
.sp
optional arguments:
.INDENT 0.0
.INDENT 3.5
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-h\fP,\fB \-\-help
show this help message and exit
.TP
.BI \-g \ GITDIR\fR,\fB \ \-\-gitdir \ GITDIR
Operate on this git tree instead of current dir
.TP
.BI \-p \ USEPROJECT\fR,\fB \ \-\-use\-project \ USEPROJECT
Use a specific project instead of guessing (linux\-mm, linux\-hardening, etc)
.TP
.B \-C\fP,\fB \-\-no\-cache
Do not use local cache
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-v WANTVERS [WANTVERS ...], \-\-compare\-versions WANTVERS [WANTVERS ...]
Compare specific versions instead of latest and one before that, e.g. \-v 3 5
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-n\fP,\fB \-\-no\-diff
Do not generate a diff, just show the command to do it
.TP
.BI \-o \ OUTDIFF\fR,\fB \ \-\-output\-diff \ OUTDIFF
Save diff into this file instead of outputting to stdout
.TP
.B \-c\fP,\fB \-\-color
Force color output even when writing to file
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-m AMBOX AMBOX, \-\-compare\-am\-mboxes AMBOX AMBOX
Compare two mbx files prepared with "b4 am"
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.sp
\fIExample\fP: b4 diff \fI\%20200526205322.23465\-1\-mic@digikod.net\fP
.SS b4 kr
.sp
usage: b4 kr [\-h] [\-p USEPROJECT] [\-m LOCALMBOX] [\-C] [\-\-show\-keys] [msgid]
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B positional arguments:
msgid Message ID to process, or pipe a raw message
.TP
.B optional arguments:
.INDENT 7.0
.TP
.B \-h\fP,\fB \-\-help
show this help message and exit
.TP
.BI \-p \ USEPROJECT\fR,\fB \ \-\-use\-project \ USEPROJECT
Use a specific project instead of guessing (linux\-mm, linux\-hardening, etc)
.TP
.BI \-m \ LOCALMBOX\fR,\fB \ \-\-use\-local\-mbox \ LOCALMBOX
Instead of grabbing a thread from lore, process this mbox file (or \- for stdin)
.TP
.B \-C\fP,\fB \-\-no\-cache
Do not use local cache
.TP
.B \-\-show\-keys
Show all developer keys from the thread
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.sp
\fIExample\fP: b4 kr \-\-show\-keys \fI\%20210521184811.617875\-1\-konstantin@linuxfoundation.org\fP
.SH CONFIGURATION
.sp
B4 configuration is handled via git\-config(1), so you can store it in
either the toplevel $HOME/.gitconfig file, or in a per\-repository
\&.git/config file if your workflow changes per project.
.sp
Default configuration, with explanations:
.INDENT 0.0
.INDENT 3.5
.sp
.nf
.ft C
[b4]
# Where to look up threads by message id
midmask = https://lore.kernel.org/r/%s
#
# When recording Link: trailers, use this mask
linkmask = https://lore.kernel.org/r/%s
#
# Set to "yes" to save maildirs instead of mailboxes
# This will help avoid mboxo/mboxrd format inconsistencies between
# public\-inbox, python, and git
save\-maildirs = no
#
# When processing thread trailers, sort them in this order.
# Can use shell\-globbing and must end with ,*
# Some sorting orders:
#trailer\-order=link*,fixes*,cc*,reported*,suggested*,original*,co\-*,tested*,reviewed*,acked*,signed\-off*,*
#trailer\-order = fixes*,reported*,suggested*,original*,co\-*,signed\-off*,tested*,reviewed*,acked*,cc*,link*,*
trailer\-order = _preserve_
#
# Attestation\-checking configuration parameters
# off: do not bother checking attestation
# check: print an attaboy when attestation is found
# softfail: print a warning when no attestation found
# hardfail: exit with an error when no attestation found
attestation\-policy = softfail
#
# Perform DKIM attestation?
attestation\-check\-dkim = yes
#
# When showing attestation check results, do you like "fancy" (color, unicode)
# or simple markers?
attestation\-checkmarks = fancy
#
# How long before we consider attestation to be too old?
attestation\-staleness\-days = 30
#
# You can point this at a non\-default home dir, if you like, or leave out to
# use the OS default.
attestation\-gnupghome = None
#
# If this is not set, we\(aqll use what we find in
# git\-config for gpg.program; and if that\(aqs not set,
# we\(aqll use "gpg" and hope for the best
gpgbin = None
#
# How long to keep downloaded threads in cache (minutes)?
cache\-expire = 10
# Used when creating summaries for b4 ty, and can be set to a value like
# thanks\-commit\-url\-mask = https://git.kernel.org/username/c/%.12s
# See this page for more info on convenient git.kernel.org shorterners:
# https://korg.wiki.kernel.org/userdoc/git\-url\-shorterners
thanks\-commit\-url\-mask = None
# See thanks\-pr\-template.example. If not set, a default template will be used.
thanks\-pr\-template = None
# See thanks\-am\-template.example. If not set, a default template will be used.
thanks\-am\-template = None
.ft P
.fi
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.SH SUPPORT
.sp
Please email \fI\%tools@linux.kernel.org\fP with support requests,
or browse the list archive at \fI\%https://lore.kernel.org/tools\fP\&.
.SH AUTHOR
mricon@kernel.org
License: GPLv2+
.SH COPYRIGHT
The Linux Foundation and contributors
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