[dpdk-stable] [scripts v2] README: fresh DPDK clone and main branch to generate list

[Xueming(Steven) Li]

Hi Luca,

Sorry that the previous email only delivered to individual instead of maillist due to some internal tech issue.
Resend now.

Best Regards,
Xueming

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xueming(Steven) Li <xuemingl at nvidia.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2021 9:23 PM
> To: stable at dpdk.org; Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org>
> Cc: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt at canonical.com>; Xueming(Steven) Li <xuemingl at nvidia.com>
> Subject: [scripts v2] README: fresh DPDK clone and main branch to generate list
> 
> Appends notes of:
> - git-log-fixes.sh needs to be free of conflicting tags.
> - The script also expects current branch to contains end tag of range.
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xueming Li <xuemingl at nvidia.com>
> ---
>  README | 16 +++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/README b/README
> index 70f4320..260e46e 100644
> --- a/README
> +++ b/README
> @@ -26,11 +26,17 @@ as tmp dir for the patches and mails.
>  1.A
>  ---
>  A list of commits to backport should be generated. This can be generated -from "git-log-fixes.sh" script from DPDK. Normally the start
> of range is -the end tag of last generated range, branch tag if working on the first -stable release. The end of range is latest release tag.
> Assuming v17.11-rc1 -is out you can prepare a commit list for v17.08.1 stable release with:
> -
> +from "git-log-fixes.sh" script from DPDK. The repository this is
> +executed in needs to be free of conflicting tags - since developers
> +accumulate remote repositories, branches and tags a fresh git clone is
> +the most reliable source to use. Normally the start of range is the end
> +tag of last generated range, branch tag if working on the first stable
> +release. The end of range is latest release tag. Assuming v17.11-rc1 is
> +out, you should checkout a branch that contains end of range, normally
> +main branch. Then prepare a commit list for
> +v17.08.1 stable release with:
> +
> +    $ git clone http://dpdk.org/git/dpdk
> +    $ cd dpdk
>      $ ./devtools/git-log-fixes.sh v17.08..v17.11-rc1 > /tmp/list
> 
> 
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> 2.25.1