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diff --git a/tools/patman/README b/tools/patman/README index dc3957c..1832ebd 100644 --- a/tools/patman/README +++ b/tools/patman/README @@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ Series-to: fred.blogs@napier.co.nz in one of your commits, the series will be sent there. +In Linux this will also call get_maintainer.pl on each of your +patches automatically. + How to use this tool ==================== @@ -65,8 +68,12 @@ will get a consistent result each time. How to configure it =================== -For most cases patman will locate and use the file 'doc/git-mailrc' in -your U-Boot directory. This contains most of the aliases you will need. +For most cases of using patman for U-Boot developement patman will +locate and use the file 'doc/git-mailrc' in your U-Boot directory. +This contains most of the aliases you will need. + +For Linux the 'scripts/get_maintainer.pl' handles figuring out where +to send patches pretty well. During the first run patman creates a config file for you by taking the default user name and email address from the global .gitconfig file. @@ -91,6 +98,35 @@ The checkpatch.pl in the U-Boot tools/ subdirectory will be located and used. Failing that you can put it into your path or ~/bin/checkpatch.pl +If you want to change the defaults for patman's command-line arguments, +you can add a [settings] section to your .patman file. This can be used +for any command line option by referring to the "dest" for the option in +patman.py. For reference, the useful ones (at the moment) shown below +(all with the non-default setting): + +>>> + +[settings] +ignore_errors: True +process_tags: False +verbose: True + +<<< + + +If you want to adjust settings (or aliases) that affect just a single +project you can add a section that looks like [project_settings] or +[project_alias]. If you want to use tags for your linux work, you could +do: + +>>> + +[linux_settings] +process_tags: True + +<<< + + How to run it ============= @@ -226,6 +262,9 @@ Date: Mon Nov 7 23:18:44 2011 -0500 will create a patch which is copied to x86, arm, sandbox, mikef, ag and afleming. +If you have a cover letter it will get sent to the union of the CC lists of +all of the other patches. + Example Work Flow ================= |