From ef0e9de82be6bb14e1a7c5c28f976c4fced12ed2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:06:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] patman: Support Series-name tag to name a series

Sometimes it is possible to forget the name of the branch you used to
generate an upstream series. To assist with this, add an optional
patman does not use this.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
---
 tools/patman/README    | 5 +++++
 tools/patman/series.py | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/patman/README b/tools/patman/README
index 86ede78d35c..dc3957ce6fd 100644
--- a/tools/patman/README
+++ b/tools/patman/README
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ Series-prefix: prefix
 	Sets the subject prefix. Normally empty but it can be RFC for
 	RFC patches, or RESEND if you are being ignored.
 
+Series-name: name
+	Sets the name of the series. You don't need to have a name, and
+	patman does not yet use it, but it is convenient to put the branch
+	name here to help you keep track of multiple upstreaming efforts.
+
 Cover-letter:
 This is the patch set title
 blah blah
diff --git a/tools/patman/series.py b/tools/patman/series.py
index ce36b230a36..a283a2d1f4b 100644
--- a/tools/patman/series.py
+++ b/tools/patman/series.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import gitutil
 import terminal
 
 # Series-xxx tags that we understand
-valid_series = ['to', 'cc', 'version', 'changes', 'prefix', 'notes'];
+valid_series = ['to', 'cc', 'version', 'changes', 'prefix', 'notes', 'name'];
 
 class Series(dict):
     """Holds information about a patch series, including all tags.
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class Series(dict):
             self[name] = value
         else:
             raise ValueError("In %s: line '%s': Unknown 'Series-%s': valid "
-                        "options are %s" % (self.commit.hash, line, name,
+                        "options are %s" % (commit.hash, line, name,
                             ', '.join(valid_series)))
 
     def AddCommit(self, commit):
-- 
GitLab