[PATCH] checkkconfigsymbols.py: support git's "^" syntax

From: Valentin Rothberg
Date: Thu Oct 27 2016 - 10:47:59 EST


Support git's "^" syntax for diffing two commits, for instance via
"--diff HEAD^^^..HEAD".

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellermann <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Valentin Rothberg <valentinrothberg@xxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.py | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.py b/scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.py
index a32e4da4c117..3820f00b066a 100755
--- a/scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.py
+++ b/scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def parse_options():
if args.commit and args.diff:
sys.exit("Please specify only one option at once.")

- if args.diff and not re.match(r"^[\w\-\.]+\.\.[\w\-\.]+$", args.diff):
+ if args.diff and not re.match(r"^[\w\-\.\^]+\.\.[\w\-\.\^]+$", args.diff):
sys.exit("Please specify valid input in the following format: "
"\'commit1..commit2\'")

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2.9.3