linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts: add origin commit identification based on specific patterns

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Message-ID: <87o6tia8ck.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:08:27 -0600
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Zhiyu Zhang <zhiyuzhang999@...il.com>, dzm91@...t.edu.cn,
 si.yanteng@...ux.dev, zhiyuzhang999@...il.com
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts: add origin commit identification based on
 specific patterns

Zhiyu Zhang <zhiyuzhang999@...il.com> writes:

> This patch adds the functionability to smartly identify origin commit
> of the translation by matching the following patterns in commit log:
> 1) update to commit HASH
> 2) Update the translation through commit HASH
> If no such pattern is found, script will obey the original workflow.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhiyu Zhang <zhiyuzhang999@...il.com>
> ---
>  scripts/checktransupdate.py | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

So I don't have any objection to this, but wouldn't mind hearing from
folks who actually use this script - has anybody else tested it out?

Thanks,

jon