[PATCH 3/3] patman: Add a tag for when a patch gets added to a series

[Doug Anderson]

Hi,

On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 7:36 PM Sean Anderson <seanga2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> When a patch is added to a series after the initial version, there are no
> changes to note except that it is new. This is typically done to suppress
> the "(no changes in vN)" message. It's also nice to add a change to the
> cover letter so reviewers know there is an additional patch. Add a tag to
> automate this process a bit.
>
> There are two nits with the current approach:
>
> - It favors '-' as a bullet point, but some people may prefer '*' (or
>   something else)
> - Tags (e.g. 'patman: ' in 'patman: foo bar') are not stripped. They are
>   probably just noise in most series, but they may be useful for treewide
>   series to distinguish 'gpio: frobnicate' from 'reset: frobnicate', so
>   I've left them in.
>
> Suggestions for the above appreciated.
>
> Suggested-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders at chromium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Anderson <seanga2 at gmail.com>
> ---
>
>  tools/patman/func_test.py                           |  2 ++
>  tools/patman/patchstream.py                         |  5 +++++
>  tools/patman/patman.rst                             | 13 +++++++++++++
>  ...t-cast-for-sandbox-in-fdtdec_setup_mem_siz.patch |  1 +
>  tools/patman/test/test01.txt                        |  1 +
>  5 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

I love it, thanks!

Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders at chromium.org>