Sometimes it is possible to forget the name of the branch you used to generate an upstream series. To assist with this, add an optional patman does not use this.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org --- tools/patman/README | 5 +++++ tools/patman/series.py | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/patman/README b/tools/patman/README index 86ede78..dc3957c 100644 --- a/tools/patman/README +++ b/tools/patman/README @@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ Series-prefix: prefix Sets the subject prefix. Normally empty but it can be RFC for RFC patches, or RESEND if you are being ignored.

+Series-name: name + Sets the name of the series. You don't need to have a name, and + patman does not yet use it, but it is convenient to put the branch + name here to help you keep track of multiple upstreaming efforts. + Cover-letter: This is the patch set title blah blah diff --git a/tools/patman/series.py b/tools/patman/series.py index 27528bf..67ab048 100644 --- a/tools/patman/series.py +++ b/tools/patman/series.py @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import gitutil import terminal

# Series-xxx tags that we understand -valid_series = ['to', 'cc', 'version', 'changes', 'prefix', 'notes']; +valid_series = ['to', 'cc', 'version', 'changes', 'prefix', 'notes', 'name'];

class Series(dict): """Holds information about a patch series, including all tags. @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class Series(dict): self[name] = value else: raise ValueError("In %s: line '%s': Unknown 'Series-%s': valid " - "options are %s" % (self.commit.hash, line, name, + "options are %s" % (commit.hash, line, name, ', '.join(valid_series)))

def AddCommit(self, commit):