Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751800AbbECTyY (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 May 2015 15:54:24 -0400 Received: from mail-ig0-f178.google.com ([209.85.213.178]:34945 "EHLO mail-ig0-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751193AbbECTyP (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 May 2015 15:54:15 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <1430677797-20490-1-git-send-email-sjg@chromium.org> <1430677797-20490-2-git-send-email-sjg@chromium.org> Date: Sun, 3 May 2015 13:54:14 -0600 X-Google-Sender-Auth: wW4HRoSc-87CPyLSB7FT5bjzxOA Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add patman patch automation script From: Simon Glass To: Richard Weinberger Cc: LKML , Doug Anderson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1180 Lines: 32 Hi Richard, On 3 May 2015 at 13:16, Richard Weinberger wrote: > On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 8:29 PM, Simon Glass 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/