Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com> writes:
> * gnu/packages/version-control.scm (b4): New variable.
> ---
>
> b4 is focused on lore.kernel.org public-inbox archives, but it's useful for
> any public-inbox [1] instance, including yhetil.org/guix-patches :). Here's
> an example with a recent multi-patch thread that involves multiple versions.
>
> $ # in the guix repo
> $ git config b4.attestation-policy off
> $ git config b4.midmask https://yhetil.org/guix-patches/%s
> $ b4 am 20201028165112.28575-1-zimon.toutoune@gmail.com
>
> The end result is a filtered mbox with the v2 patches. Also, because the
> sender helpfully included the base commit, `b4 am' will use that information
> in the instructions that it outputs.
>
> If the above sounds useful to you but you'd prefer to work in Emacs, you
> might be interested in piem (<https://git.kyleam.com/piem/about/>), which
> includes a transient (i.e magit-popup's successor) interface to b4.
>
> [1] https://public-inbox.org/
n>
> gnu/packages/version-control.scm | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
> b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
> index 16c70bd1a7..de7c961cea 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
> @@ -2301,6 +2301,47 @@ (define-public grokmirror
> based on a manifest file published by servers.")
> (license license:gpl3+)))
>
> +(define-public b4
> + (package
> + (name "b4")
> + (version "0.5.2")
> + (source
> + (origin
> + (method git-fetch)
> + (uri (git-reference
> + (url "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/b4/b4.git";)
> + (commit (string-append "v" version))))
> + (file-name (string-append name "-" version "-checkout"))
> + (sha256
> + (base32 "1w11fiyspyncz2m7njrjfylgzch4azi7560ngd8i733wvjjhg3mj"))))
> + (build-system python-build-system)
> + (arguments
> + `(#:tests? #f ; No tests.
> + #:phases
> + (modify-phases %standard-phases
> + (add-after 'install 'install-manpages
> + (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
> + (let ((man (string-append (assoc-ref outputs "out")
> + "/man/man5/")))
> + (mkdir-p man)
> + (for-each (lambda (file) (install-file file man))
> + (find-files "man" "\\.[1-8]$")))
> + #t)))))
> + (inputs
> + `(("python-requests" ,python-requests)))
> + (home-page "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/b4/b4.git";)
> + (synopsis "Tool for working with patches in public-inbox archives")
> + (description "The @code{b4} command is designed to make it easier to
> +participate in patch-based workflows for projects that have public-inbox
> +archives. Features include
> +@itemize
> +@item downloading a thread's mbox given a message ID
> +@item processing an mbox so that is ready to be fed to @code{git-am}
> +@item creating templated replies for processed patches and pull requests
> +@item submitting cryptographic attestation for patches.
> +@end itemize")
> + (license license:gpl2+)))
> +
> (define-public git-annex-remote-rclone
> (package
> (name "git-annex-remote-rclone")
>
> base-commit: 4e9b2e8ba26dd601df67f112852237d5df2f3341
Thanks Kyle, I tweaked the formatting of the description, just adding a
newline as I thought it looked better, and pushed this to master as
3b77ba78684e201382b1c28f2618252205891568.
Thanks again,
Chris
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