[U-Boot] [PATCH 02/42] moveconfig: Add an option to commit changes

[Masahiro Yamada]

2016-08-25 21:04 GMT+09:00 Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>:
> Hi Masshiro,
>
> On 24 August 2016 at 19:40, Masahiro Yamada
> <yamada.masahiro at socionext.com> wrote:
>> 2016-08-25 1:51 GMT+09:00 Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>:
>>> The moveconfig tool is quite clever and generally produces results that
>>> are suitable for sending as a patch without further work. The main required
>>> step is to add the changes to a commit.
>>>
>>> Add an option to do this automatically. This allows moveconfig to be used
>>> from a script to convert multiple CONFIG options, once per commit.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
>>
>>
>>
>> Isn't it possible to do this in your script?
>>
>>
>> BTW, I assume you want this feature
>> for convert & git-commit per option.
>>
>>
>> In my opinion, you do not have to split to
>> per-option patches.
>>
>>
>> You can move multiple options at once.
>>
>>
>> tools/moveconfig SPL_DM  SPL_RSA  SPL_CRYPTO_SUPPORT ...
>
> Yes of course, but as you can see from your other comments, some
> changes are simple and others result in comments and rework. It seems
> better to deal with each change individually unless they really are
> simple.
>
> Most of these changes affect a lot of boards. If there is a run-time
> breakage it helps a lot if a bisect can pinpoint the change exactly.
>
>>
>>
>> Then, git commit and list all the moved options in the commit log.
>
> OK. I think the moveconfig tool should handle committing changes since
> it can do a better job of creating a sensible commit message.


No, I don't like this patch.

Anyway, a good practice for moving options
is to create a Kconfig entry and move configs in
the same commit, unlike this series.

So, you need some manual interventions
to build up patches.


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada