[RFC PATCH 1/1] scripts: Introduce a default git.orderFile

From: Leonardo Bras
Date: Mon Sep 11 2023 - 18:45:46 EST


When reviewing patches, it looks much nicer to have some changes shown
before others, which allow better understanding of the patch before the
the .c files reviewing.

Introduce a default git.orderFile, in order to help developers getting the
best ordering easier.

Signed-off-by: Leonardo Bras <leobras@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

Please provide feedback on what else to add / remove / reorder here!

scripts/git.orderFile | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 scripts/git.orderFile

diff --git a/scripts/git.orderFile b/scripts/git.orderFile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3434028be2f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/git.orderFile
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+
+# order file for git, to produce patches which are easier to review
+# by diffing the important stuff like header changes first.
+#
+# one-off usage:
+# git diff -O scripts/git.orderfile ...
+#
+# add to git config:
+# git config diff.orderFile scripts/git.orderfile
+#
+
+MAINTAINERS
+
+# Documentation
+Documentation/*
+*.rst
+
+# build system
+Kbuild
+Makefile*
+*.mak
+
+# semantic patches
+*.cocci
+
+# headers
+*.h
+
+# code
+*.c
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