Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 0/5] rebase: support --trailer

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:52:34 -0800

Li Chen <[email-masked]> writes:

   > Apologies for the long delay in sending v7.
>
> v7 is based on origin/master at v2.53.0-154-g7c02d39fc2.
>
> This series routes trailer insertion through an in-process path, removing the
> fork/exec to builtin/interpret-trailers.
>
> The first four commits refactor trailer rewriting in builtin/interpret-trailers
> and trailer.c so callers can reuse a single in-process helper (used by git
> interpret-trailers, git commit and git tag). The final commit adds git rebase
> --trailer, currently supported with the merge backend only (rejecting apply-only
> scenarios and validating input early).
>
> v7:
> Rebased onto origin/master at v2.53.0-154-g7c02d39fc2.
> Split out a new patch to parse --trailer with OPT_STRVEC in git commit and git
> tag.
> Use strbuf_write() in interpret-trailers when emitting buffered output.
> Restore --in-place rewriting semantics via tempfile+rename.
> Drop wrapper.c/h and validate trailer args via validate_trailer_args().
> Drop redundant rebase basic-state save/restore for --trailer arguments.
> ...
> Comments very very welcome!

Yes indeed.  The discussion thread for v6 saw quite a bit of
activity, but this one is quiet.  Is everybody happy with this
iteration?

Thanks.