[dpdk-stable] [scripts v2] README: fresh DPDK clone and main branch to generate list

[Christian Ehrhardt]

On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 3:27 PM Xueming(Steven) Li <xuemingl at nvidia.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Luca,
>
> Sorry that the previous email only delivered to individual instead of maillist due to some internal tech issue.
> Resend now.

No problem, v2 is here and Acked.
Thanks for your help, I've pushed it now.

> Best Regards,
> Xueming
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Xueming(Steven) Li <xuemingl at nvidia.com>
> > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2021 9:23 PM
> > To: stable at dpdk.org; Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org>
> > Cc: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt at canonical.com>; Xueming(Steven) Li <xuemingl at nvidia.com>
> > Subject: [scripts v2] README: fresh DPDK clone and main branch to generate list
> >
> > Appends notes of:
> > - git-log-fixes.sh needs to be free of conflicting tags.
> > - The script also expects current branch to contains end tag of range.
> >
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Xueming Li <xuemingl at nvidia.com>
> > ---
> >  README | 16 +++++++++++-----
> >  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/README b/README
> > index 70f4320..260e46e 100644
> > --- a/README
> > +++ b/README
> > @@ -26,11 +26,17 @@ as tmp dir for the patches and mails.
> >  1.A
> >  ---
> >  A list of commits to backport should be generated. This can be generated -from "git-log-fixes.sh" script from DPDK. Normally the start
> > of range is -the end tag of last generated range, branch tag if working on the first -stable release. The end of range is latest release tag.
> > Assuming v17.11-rc1 -is out you can prepare a commit list for v17.08.1 stable release with:
> > -
> > +from "git-log-fixes.sh" script from DPDK. The repository this is
> > +executed in needs to be free of conflicting tags - since developers
> > +accumulate remote repositories, branches and tags a fresh git clone is
> > +the most reliable source to use. Normally the start of range is the end
> > +tag of last generated range, branch tag if working on the first stable
> > +release. The end of range is latest release tag. Assuming v17.11-rc1 is
> > +out, you should checkout a branch that contains end of range, normally
> > +main branch. Then prepare a commit list for
> > +v17.08.1 stable release with:
> > +
> > +    $ git clone http://dpdk.org/git/dpdk
> > +    $ cd dpdk
> >      $ ./devtools/git-log-fixes.sh v17.08..v17.11-rc1 > /tmp/list
> >
> >
> > --
> > 2.25.1
>


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Christian Ehrhardt
Staff Engineer, Ubuntu Server
Canonical Ltd