klibc - Mar 2020 - [klibc:master] dash: README.dash: Change patch sync commands to use mailbox

Commit-ID:  3499053bf3ec6a911ae6a993f86f395bab3815d2
Gitweb:    
http://git.kernel.org/?p=libs/klibc/klibc.git;a=commit;h=3499053bf3ec6a911ae6a993f86f395bab3815d2
Author:     Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk>
AuthorDate: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:45:02 +0000
Committer:  Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk>
CommitDate: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:45:02 +0000

[klibc] dash: README.dash: Change patch sync commands to use mailbox

It's going to be easier to operate on a mailbox than a lot of single
patches.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk>

---
 usr/dash/README.dash | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/usr/dash/README.dash b/usr/dash/README.dash
index 3846f0b5..de083092 100644
--- a/usr/dash/README.dash
+++ b/usr/dash/README.dash
@@ -6,18 +6,21 @@ It corresponds up to changeset
46abc8c6d8a5e9a5712bdc1312c0b6960eec65a4
 omitting ee5cbe9fd6bc02f31b4d955606288de36c3d4eab.
 
 HOWTO sync branch:
-1) Generate patch and fix up their path
 
- git format-patch --subject-prefix=klibc -N <changeset>..
+1) Generate mailbox of patches and fix up their paths:
+
+ git format-patch --subject-prefix=klibc -N --stdout <changeset>.. \
+ > dash.mbox
 
 Path fixup:
- perl -i -pe 's#^([-+]{3} [ab]/)src/#$1#g' 00*patch
+ perl -i -pe 's#^([-+]{3} [ab]/)src/#$1#g' dash.mbox
+
+2) Import patches from mailbox:
 
-2) Import patches on by one
  git am --directory="usr/dash"
--exclude="usr/dash/configure.ac" \
 	--exclude="usr/dash/ChangeLog" --exclude="usr/dash/dash.1"
\
 	--exclude="usr/dash/Makefile.am"
--exclude="usr/dash/mksignames.c" \
-	--whitespace=fix -k -i -s ../dash/000X-foo.patch
+	--whitespace=fix -k -i -s ../dash/dash.mbox
 
 The only changes made are the addition of config.h, Kbuild usage,
 the omition of Changelog and manpage and automatic whitespace fixups.