linux-kernel - Re: [ANNOUNCE] git-series: track changes to a patch series over time

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Message-ID: <b7bd1464-1412-1feb-fe10-9ecb6018e122@wwwdotorg.org>
Date:	Mon, 1 Aug 2016 09:14:54 -0600
From:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
To:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
Cc:	git@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Simon Glass <sjg@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] git-series: track changes to a patch series over time

On 07/29/2016 12:40 AM, Josh Triplett wrote:
> I'd like to announce a project I've been working on for a while:
>
> git-series provides a tool for managing patch series with git, tracking
> the "history of history". git series tracks changes to the patch series
> over time, including rebases and other non-fast-forwarding changes. git
> series also tracks a cover letter for the patch series, formats the
> series for email, and prepares pull requests.

Just as an FYI, I wouldn't be surprised if there's some overlap, or 
potential for merging of tools, between this tool and the "patman" tool 
that's part of the U-Boot source tree:

http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=blob;f=tools/patman/README;h=e36857dedea1d0dbafa41732aaf9bf0988d63f38;hb=HEAD