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userdoc:patchwork [2018-11-28 02:25]
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 The bot can do some basic housekeeping chores, such as automatically marking patches belonging to older versions of the series as "​superseded."​ E.g. if a contributor sends "''​[PATCH NN/30] Do foo to bar''",​ and then after that a new revision "''​[PATCH NN/30 v2] Do foo to bar''",​ the bot can automatically mark the 30 patches belonging to the "''​v1''"​ of the series as "​superseded"​. In order to work, the following conditions must be met: The bot can do some basic housekeeping chores, such as automatically marking patches belonging to older versions of the series as "​superseded."​ E.g. if a contributor sends "''​[PATCH NN/30] Do foo to bar''",​ and then after that a new revision "''​[PATCH NN/30 v2] Do foo to bar''",​ the bot can automatically mark the 30 patches belonging to the "''​v1''"​ of the series as "​superseded"​. In order to work, the following conditions must be met:
  
-- It must be submitted by the same person +  ​- It must be submitted by the same person 
-- It must have the exact same series name (first patch or cover letter subject wording) +  - It must have the exact same series name (first patch or cover letter subject wording) 
-- It must be within the cutoff period of days specified. In other word, if the cutoff is 90 days and the new series comes in 4 months later, there will be no match+  - It must be within the cutoff period of days specified. In other word, if the cutoff is 90 days and the new series comes in 4 months later, there will be no match
  
 Similarly, the bot can archive patches older than a certain period of time. Similarly, the bot can archive patches older than a certain period of time.
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