Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/1] scripts: Introduce a default git.orderFile

[Leonardo Bras]

On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 09:24:04PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> 
> 
> On 9/11/23 16:44, Leonardo Bras wrote:
> > 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>
> 
> LGTM. Thanks.
> 
> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks Randy!

> 
> > ---
> > 
> > Please provide feedback on what else to add / remove / reorder here!
> > 
> > Changes since RFCv1:
> > - Added Kconfig* (thanks Randy Dunlap!)
> > - Changed Kbuild to Kbuild* (improve matching)
> > 
> >  scripts/git.orderFile | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 scripts/git.orderFile
> > 
> > diff --git a/scripts/git.orderFile b/scripts/git.orderFile
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..819f0a957fe3
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/scripts/git.orderFile
> > @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
> > +/* 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*
> > +Kconfig*
> > +Makefile*
> > +*.mak
> > +
> > +# semantic patches
> > +*.cocci
> > +
> > +# headers
> > +*.h
> > +
> > +# code
> > +*.c
> 
> -- 
> ~Randy
>