Hi Am 23.06.22 um 21:29 schrieb Kevin Brace:
Hi Jeffrey, I did not point to the repository I actively maintain, but since I was able to do so since 2017, I think I have figured out all of what I consider "basic" ways of using git to maintain and keep up with the upstream DRM code. https://cgit.freedesktop.org/openchrome/drm-openchrome/ It is just that I am now at a point of posting code on dri-devel mailing list for the first code review, but I just suddenly realized that git does not appear to have a convenient way to do this. What I am trying to do is to post the code on dri-devel like the previous OpenChrome developer, James Simmons, did in 2013. https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2013-June/039594.html
You probably want 'git send-email'. Once configured, it generates nice patchsets with cover letter and sends them automatically.
There's https://git-scm.com/docs/git-send-email and DRI-specific instructions at https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/HowToUseGitSendEmail/ Best regards Thomas
Regards, Kevin Brace Brace Computer Laboratory blog https://bracecomputerlab.comSent: Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 12:33 PM From: "Jeffrey Hugo" <jeffrey.l.hugo@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Kevin Brace" <kevinbrace@xxxxxxx> Cc: "open list:DRM PANEL DRIVERS" <dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: How do I gather up new code to be converted as patches? Generating a patch is "git format-patch". This command operates on commits in your local tree. So you need to commit your changes to your local tree. The command for that is "git commit", and it works on staged changes. To stage changes, you need to "git add" them. "git status" can help you visualize unstaged and staged changes. So, if I had a change in foo.txt, I would likely use "git status" to view that unstaged change. Then I can stage it using "git add foo.txt". "git status" will then show that it is staged. Finally, I will do "git commit", which will ask for a commit text, and commit the change to the tree. I can then verify that the change is committed using "git log". Does that help you out, or did I misunderstand your situation? -Jeff On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 11:19 AM Kevin Brace <kevinbrace@xxxxxxx> wrote:Hi, I spent about 2 days trying to figure this out, but I guess not a lot of people do this, so I was not able to find a good example somewhere on the Internet. How to I use git to gather up new code to be converted to patches? Specifically, I have 20+ new files in one location (drivers/gpu/drm/via) and a small change to DRM main make file (drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile). If someone can tell me how to do this, I will post the work on dri-devel. Regards, Kevin Brace Brace Computer Laboratory blog https://bracecomputerlab.com
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