On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 7:49 PM, Bin Meng <bmeng...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 9:30 AM, Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 06:05:01PM -0600, Joe Hershberger wrote: >>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 5:45 PM, Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com> wrote: >>> > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 05:15:17PM -0600, Joe Hershberger wrote: >>> >> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com> wrote: >>> >> > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 03:08:09PM -0600, Joe Hershberger wrote: >>> >> >> Hi Tom, >>> >> >> >>> >> >> I'm playing with the idea of including the patchwork patch ID in the >>> >> >> commit message of each commit that I apply to provide better >>> >> >> cross-reference ability. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> * Access to comments on patches >>> >> >> * Clarity on exactly which version of a patch was applied >>> >> >> * No need to search by patch subject >>> >> >> >>> >> >> Here is an example in a working branch: >>> >> >> >>> >> >> http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot/u-boot-net.git;a=commit;h=48f9a0c786d0a3cbfdf45846567deaebe27a334a >>> >> > >>> >> > I'd prfer Patchwork or Patchwork-ID or something not just Patch. >>> >> >>> >> Would it be more or less compelling if it had a format similar this? >>> >> >>> >> Patchwork: https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/571773/ >>> > >>> > Yes. >>> >>> Are you being funny (more and less == not)? Or did you miss-read? :) >> >> Oops, yes, misread, yes, I like that. >> >>> >> >> What do you (or anyone else) think? >>> >> > >>> >> > Well, I'm not a super fan of it. For your second point, this is why I >>> >> > use bundles, mutt and a macro. For the other points, at least I find >>> >> > google does a good job pulling up the right patch at least. >>> >> >>> >> Bundles seem awkward. Perhaps I'm just not using them effectively. >>> >> What benefit do they give you? How are they part of your workflow? >>> > >>> > OK, I'm going to delete this in a few days but here's my bundle for the >>> >>> Doesn't that mean it will very soon not be traceable exactly which >>> patch version was applied? What I was proposing would mean that the >>> commit message could continue to refer back to the patch even if >>> archived. >> >> It means the the link I gave for the bundle will be gone. The patches >> will be there, but I will also move them from Under Review to Accepted. >> >>> > last import I did: >>> > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/bundle/trini/2016-01-25-master-imports/ >>> > My flow is: >>> > 1) Assign all unassigned patches >>> > 2) Open my todo list in patchwork >>> > 3) Create a bundle with all of the patches I want based on my critera at >>> > the time. >>> > 4) Download bundle as mbox, git am -3 it, get big build going. >>> > 5) Open each patch link, check for Nak/Changed/Uncertanty that I missed >>> > at first >>> > 6) Assuming no repeats of part 4 of the cycle, mutt -f the bundle, for >>> > each email group reply, run macro to insert applied message, postponed >>> > 7) Check output from big build, assuming good results, push and spam out >>> > all of my queued messages. >>> >>> Gotcha. Thanks! >>> >>> I'm trying to improve my workflow now, and this Patch tag was >>> something that came out of it. It's not required for the workflow, but >>> it is free to do within it. It has the potential to slightly simplify >>> one possible workflow, so no big deal. >>> >>> If people think it will be simply noise, I'll leave it out. >>> >>> I think this may speed up cross-referencing. Seemed like a good thing. >> >> My concern is that since it's not injected by patchwork already I would >> have to add it to each commit. Today, unless I need to either make >> something apply or do a minor fixup to the contents, I don't modify any >> commit message, so my git am is it. > > Does it make sense to enhance patchwork to inject such link into the > commit automatically? It can also be a project configuration option so > that other projects tracked by patchwork can turn it on on their > needs.
That would certainly make it a more unified implementation. The way I'm doing it is simply with an automatic git commit --amend after the git am in my script that downloads and applies mbox files from patchwork. -Joe _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot