Rather than default to origin/master.., it can be handy to choose the range you want to check.
Example on a branch rebased on next-net: Before: [dmarchan@dmarchan dpdk]$ ./devtools/checkpatches.sh ... ... 67/69 valid patches After: [dmarchan@dmarchan dpdk]$ ./devtools/checkpatches.sh -r next-net/master.. 3/3 valid patches Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.march...@redhat.com> --- devtools/checkpatches.sh | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/devtools/checkpatches.sh b/devtools/checkpatches.sh index 3272774..359d353 100755 --- a/devtools/checkpatches.sh +++ b/devtools/checkpatches.sh @@ -44,13 +44,14 @@ trap "clean_tmp_files" INT print_usage () { cat <<- END_OF_HELP - usage: $(basename $0) [-q] [-v] [-nX|patch1 [patch2] ...]] + usage: $(basename $0) [-q] [-v] [-nX|patch1 [patch2] ...]] [-r range] Run Linux kernel checkpatch.pl with DPDK options. The environment variable DPDK_CHECKPATCH_PATH must be set. The patches to check can be from stdin, files specified on the command line, - or latest git commits limited with -n option (default limit: origin/master). + or latest git commits limited with -n option or commits in the range + specified with -r option (default: origin/master..). END_OF_HELP } @@ -79,12 +80,14 @@ check_forbidden_additions() { # <patch> } number=0 +range='origin/master..' quiet=false verbose=false -while getopts hn:qv ARG ; do +while getopts hn:qr:v ARG ; do case $ARG in n ) number=$OPTARG ;; q ) quiet=true ;; + r ) range=$OPTARG ;; v ) verbose=true ;; h ) print_usage ; exit 0 ;; ? ) print_usage ; exit 1 ;; @@ -172,7 +175,7 @@ elif [ ! -t 0 ] ; then # stdin check '' '' "$subject" else if [ $number -eq 0 ] ; then - commits=$(git rev-list --reverse origin/master..) + commits=$(git rev-list --reverse $range) else commits=$(git rev-list --reverse --max-count=$number HEAD) fi -- 1.8.3.1