linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add patman patch automation script

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Message-ID: <CAFLxGvx9akUS2_OPv_852K1jA6emBPei5fB4m4wYHYQF4BYGAw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 3 May 2015 21:16:57 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
To:	Simon Glass <sjg@...omium.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add patman patch automation script

On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 8:29 PM, Simon Glass <sjg@...omium.org> wrote:
> This tool is a Python script which:
> - Creates patch directly from your branch
> - Cleans them up by removing unwanted tags
> - Inserts a cover letter with change lists
> - Runs the patches through checkpatch.pl and its own checks
> - Optionally emails them out to selected people

Don't get me wrong but is this really worth 3000+ lines of python?
The tasks you describe can be done using a few lines bash.

-- 
Thanks,
//richard
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