Re: [PATCH v2] btrfs-progs: send-dump: always print a space after path

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On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 10:38:02AM -0400, Noah Massey wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 7:05 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Evan Danaher posted on Tue, 11 Apr 2017 12:33:40 -0400 as excerpted:
> >
> >> I was shocked to discover that 'btrfs receive --dump' doesn't print a
> >> space after long filenames, so it runs together into the metadata; for
> >> example:
> >>
> >> truncate        ./20-00-03/this-name-is-32-characters-longsize=0
> >>
> >> This is a trivial patch to add a single space unconditionally, so the
> >> result is the following:
> >>
> >> truncate        ./20-00-03/this-name-is-32-characters-long size=0
> >>
> >> I suppose this is technically a breaking change, but it seems unlikely
> >> to me that anyone would depend on the existing behavior given how
> >> unfriendly it is.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Evan Danaher <github@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >
> > I'm not a dev so won't attempt to comment on the patch itself, but it's
> > worth noting that according to kernel patch submission guidelines (which
> > btrfs-progs use as well) on V2+ patch postings, there should be a short,
> > often one-line per version, summary of what changed between versions.
> > This helps both reviewers and would-be patch-using admins such as myself
> > understand how a patch is evolving, as well as for reviewers preventing
> > unnecessary work when re-reviewing a new version of a patch previously
> > reviewed in an earlier version.
> >
> > On patch series this summary is generally found in the 0/N post, while on
> > individual patches without a 0/N, it's normally found below the first ---
> > delimiter, so as to avoid including the patch history in the final merged
> > version comment.
> 
> To be specific, something like
> > ---
> >
> >v2: fixed an off-by-one error which caused padding to be 33 characters for short paths
> > ---
> 
> instead of the email tail you currently appended (for future reference).
> FWIW, I'm fine with you adding my 'Reviewed-by', but I don't think it
> carries much weight yet. :-)

It does, I'll add the tag, thanks.
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