Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/1] format-patch: add an option to record base tree info

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Tue Feb 23 2016 - 04:23:52 EST


On 02/23/16 01:17, Fengguang Wu wrote:
>
> However we are facing a new situation: in test robot POV, IMHO there
> are values to test exactly the same tree as the patch submitter.
> Otherwise the robot risks
>
> - false negative: failing to apply and test some patches
> - false positive: sending wrong bug reports due to guessed wrong base tree
>

Wouldn't the important part here be the git hash, rather than the tree?
If you have the same hash then it by definition is the same contents?

-hpa