[oe] [PATCH v2] barebox: patches for barebox 2010.10 to support vmx25

[Eric Bénard]

On 29/01/2011 15:31, Petr Štetiar wrote:
> Marek Sujak<sujak.marek at gmail.com>  [2011-01-29 08:34:45]:
>
>> I have  a question about these commits.  Should i reset git to default state
>> (or clone it again) and then commit new files?  Or make commit that will
>> firstly remove these files and them upload them in correct order (firstly
>> raw support, then architecture depended patch)?
>
> If I understand your question correctly, than you don't need to clone/reset
> anything at all. You should just learn git-rebase or maybe just the
> git-cherry-pick for the beginning:
>
> $ git checkout -b oe-upstream origin/master
> $ git cherry-pick -n<hash of '[PATCH v2] barebox: added recipe for barebox v 2010.10'>
> $ vim barebox-recipe # remove the vmx25 bits from the recipe
> $ git add barebox-recipe&&  git commit -a -m 'barebox: added barebox 2010.10'
>
> $ git cherry-pick -n<hash of 'barebox: patches for barebox 2010.10 to support vmx25'>
> $ vim barebox-recipe # add vmx25 bits and vmx25 patch
> $ git add barebox-recipe barebox-vmx25-patch
> $ git commit -a -m 'barebox: add support for vmx25 machine'
>
> $ #test-build the changes now
> $ #git format v3 of your patchset
> $ #review the patches
> $ #git send the patches
>
> BTW, it's really a lot easier and faster with git-rebase, it's worth learning it.
>
yes, for "git rebase --interactive"
look : http://book.git-scm.com/4_interactive_rebasing.html

that will let you edit/amend your commits or squash them together or reorder 
them easily

Eric