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Date: Sun, 3 May 2015 13:54:14 -0600
From: Simon Glass <sjg@...omium.org>
To: Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add patman patch automation script
Hi Richard,
On 3 May 2015 at 13:16, Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com> wrote:
> 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.
#!/bin/bash
patman $@
I obviously failed in my attempt to briefly explain what it does.
Please check out the cover letter [1], README [2], or perhaps use it
on a series. With respect to the length, it could be slimmed down a
bit if that is important.
Regards,
Simon
[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/5/3/105
[2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/5/3/95
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