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Patchwork includes full patch in diff, resulting in hash mismatch

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend

Research direction

Compare the linked email attachment, Patchwork result, and final glibc commit to reproduce how the full patch enters the diff field. Trace the attachment parsing path and verify that reducing the attachment to its diff lets the commit hook match diff hashes and update patch status reliably.

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Description

enhancement

Example email, its result on patchwork and the final commit:

https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2020-December/120687.html
https://patchwork.sourceware.org/project/glibc/patch/CAMe9rOoe8m3KXs3CDyhXFZ1eEKBWFV+-v-=LnevR=ZNHoRjw9A@mail.gmail.com/
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=2ee7711bdd7de9dd30073b223ce29d5cd50320f6

It looks like patch sent as an attachment is assumed to be just a diff and gets pasted into the diff field; patchwork should try and reduce the attachment to a diff instead so that when the patch gets committed, the commit hook may reliably match the diff hashes and change patch status.

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