[U-Boot] [Patman Bug Report] Patman breaks git-log during git-rebase

[Masahiro Yamada]

Hi Simon,


> > [8] Cansel the patman  and  check the git-log
> > and you will find  Patman tags are gone!!
> 
> By cancel I guess you mean to press 'q' when it asks to send the first email?

Yes.



> If you give the -a flag it will avoid trying to apply the patches, and
> the problem does not happen.
> 
> The problem is that when patman applies the patches it checks out a
> new branch, uses 'git am' to apply the patches one by one, and then
> tries to go back to the old branch. Since the branch is called
> 'undefined' these doesn't really work. It seems that 'undefined' is
> created by git and is persistent after it is created. It's a bit odd
> but I may be missing something.
> 
> Anyway I think I can put in a check for the 'undefined' branch and avoid this.


Sorry, I don't have this level of understanding of how Patman works, but...
anyway  -a option worked for me and I'm happy.

Thanks!


Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada