Small fix (use "git branch" to make branches, rather than "git checkout -b").
Optimization for trivial patches (apply to release and merge to test).
Three sample scripts appended.
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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diff --git a/Documentation/howto/using-topic-branches.txt
b/Documentation/howto/using-topic-branches.txt
--- a/Documentation/howto/using-topic-branches.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/using-topic-branches.txt
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ them too:
Now create the branches in which you are going to work, these start
out at the current tip of the linus branch.
- $ git checkout -b test linus
- $ git checkout -b release linus
+ $ git branch test linus
+ $ git branch release linus
These can be easily kept up to date by merging from the "linus" branch:
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ is empty. At this point the branch can
$ rm .git/refs/heads/branchname
+Some changes are so trivial that it is not necessary to create a separate
+branch and then merge into each of the test and release branches. For
+these changes, just apply directly to the "release" branch, and then
+merge that into the "test" branch.
+
To create diffstat and shortlog summaries of changes to include in a "please
pull" request to Linus you can use:
@@ -151,3 +156,109 @@ pull" request to Linus you can use:
and
$ git-whatchanged release ^linus | git-shortlog
+
+Here are some of the scripts that I use to simplify all this even further.
+
+==== update script ====
+# Update a branch in my GIT tree. If the branch to be updated
+# is "linus", then pull from kernel.org. Otherwise merge local
+# linus branch into test|release branch
+
+case "$1" in
+test|release)
+ git checkout $1 && git resolve $1 linus "Auto-update from upstream"
+ ;;
+linus)
+ before=$(cat .git/HEAD)
+ git checkout linus && git pull linus
+ after=$(cat .git/HEAD)
+ if [ $before != $after ]
+ then
+ git-whatchanged $after ^$before | git-shortlog
+ fi
+ ;;
+*)
+ echo "Usage: $0 linus|test|release" 1>&2
+ exit 1
+ ;;
+esac
+
+==== merge script ====
+# Merge a branch into either the test or release branch
+
+pname=$0
+
+usage()
+{
+ echo "Usage: $pname branch test|release" 1>&2
+ exit 1
+}
+
+if [ ! -f .git/refs/heads/"$1" ]
+then
+ echo "Can't see branch <$1>" 1>&2
+ usage
+fi
+
+case "$2" in
+test|release)
+ if [ $(git-rev-list $1 ^$2 | wc -c) -eq 0 ]
+ then
+ echo $1 already merged into $2 1>&2
+ exit 1
+ fi
+ git checkout $2 && git resolve $2 $1 "Pull $1 into $2 branch"
+ ;;
+*)
+ usage
+ ;;
+esac
+
+==== status script ====
+# report on status of my ia64 GIT tree
+
+gb=$(tput setab 2)
+rb=$(tput setab 1)
+restore=$(tput setab 9)
+
+if [ `git-rev-tree release ^test | wc -c` -gt 0 ]
+then
+ echo $rb Warning: commits in release that are not in test $restore
+ git-whatchanged release ^test
+fi
+
+for branch in `ls .git/refs/heads`
+do
+ if [ $branch = linus -o $branch = test -o $branch = release ]
+ then
+ continue
+ fi
+
+ echo -n $gb ======= $branch ====== $restore " "
+ status=
+ for ref in test release linus
+ do
+ if [ `git-rev-tree $branch ^$ref | wc -c` -gt 0 ]
+ then
+ status=$status${ref:0:1}
+ fi
+ done
+ case $status in
+ trl)
+ echo $rb Need to pull into test $restore
+ ;;
+ rl)
+ echo "In test"
+ ;;
+ l)
+ echo "Waiting for linus"
+ ;;
+ "")
+ echo $rb All done $restore
+ ;;
+ *)
+ echo $rb "<$status>" $restore
+ ;;
+ esac
+ git-whatchanged $branch ^linus | git-shortlog
+done
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