[RFC,v6,1/1] scripts: Introduce a default git.orderFile

Commit Message

Leonardo Bras Dec. 11, 2023, 10:13 p.m. UTC

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 <[e-mail]>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <[e-mail]>
---
Changes since RFCv5:
- Replace "*Kconfig*" by "Kconfig*" + "*/Kconfig*" to avoid matching files
  like foo-Kconfig, which should not be valid here.
- Same of above for "*Kbuild*" and "*Makefile*"
- Thanks Masahiro Yamada for this suggestion!

Changes since RFCv4:
- Added scripts/* into "build system" section
- Added "git-specific" section with this script and .gitignore
- Thanks for this feedback Nicolas!

Changes since RFCv3:
- Added "*types.h" matching so type headers appear before regular headers
- Removed line ends ($) in patterns: they previously provided a
  false-positive
- Fixed build patterns to allow matching Kconfig, Kbuild & Makefile
  in any subdirectory

Changes since RFCv2:
- Fixed licence comment to from /**/ to #
- Fixed filename in how-to comment
- Fix build order: Kconfig -> Kbuild -> Makefile
- Add *.mk extension
- Add line-ends ($) to make sure and get the correct extensions
- Thanks Masahiro Yamada for above suggestions!
- 1 Ack, thanks Randy!

Changes since RFCv1:
- Added Kconfig* (thanks Randy Dunlap!)
- Changed Kbuild to Kbuild* (improve matching)


 scripts/git.orderFile | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 scripts/git.orderFile

Patch

diff --git a/scripts/git.orderFile b/scripts/git.orderFile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5102ba73357f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/git.orderFile
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ 
+# 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
+
+# git-specific
+.gitignore
+scripts/git.orderFile
+
+# build system
+Kconfig*
+*/Kconfig*
+Kbuild*
+*/Kbuild*
+Makefile*
+*/Makefile*
+*.mak
+*.mk
+scripts/*
+
+# semantic patches
+*.cocci
+
+# headers
+*types.h
+*.h
+
+# code
+*.c