autopatch

A tool based on python3 to make submitting kernel patch easy~

INSTALL

you can simply download the source code to /xxx/ and make a link to it, such as:

ln -s /xxx/autopatch.py ~/.local/bin/autopatch

Then, you can use this tool anywhere.

Before you use it, some packages are needed, you can install with these command:

python3 -m pip install pythondialog --user

For Ubuntu/Debian user:

sudo apt install dialog, git, git-email

For Centos user:

sudo yum install dialog, git, git-email

Usage

You can simply use autopatch -h to see the usage:

autopatch -h
usage: autopatch.py [-h] {commit,send,init,log} ...

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

subcommands:
  How to use each parameter

  {commit,send,init,log}
    commit              Submit patch
    send                send the patches
    init                Initialize the current directory as a workspace
    log                 View log

Kernel Prepare

Simply clone the kernel source to your location. linux-next will be an ideal branch for developers:

git clone https://kernel.source.codeaurora.cn/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git

After that, config your name and email with git config user.name xxx and git config user.email xxx. Username and email here will be the author of patches, so make sure they are right.

Besides, you should also config your smtp server, which used to send email. If you have a gmail, do it below:

git config sendemail.smtpServer smtp.gmail.com
git config sendemail.smtpServerPort 587
git config sendemail.smtpUser your.email@gmail.com
git config sendemail.smtpPass <your password>
git config sendemail.smtpEncryption tls

workspace

Before starting, you should make a directory as your workspace. Generally speaking, workspace is the place to store your data of patch submitting. You can initialize a directory as workspace by exec autopatch init in it.

Commit

After initializing workspace, you can exec autopatch commit to begin to submit patches to the Kernel Community. Have fun~

With autopatch commit -h, you can see more usages.