tg-create.sh: Introduce topgit.{to,cc,bcc} config options

[topgit.git] / README

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@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
        $ ..hack..
        $ git commit
 
        $ ..hack..
        $ git commit
 

-       ## Create another topic branch on top of specified one and submit
+       ## Create another topic branch on top of master and submit

        ## the resulting patch upstream
        ## the resulting patch upstream

-       $ tg create -d master t/revlist/author-fixed
+       $ tg create t/revlist/author-fixed master

        tg: Creating t/revlist/author-fixed base from master...
        $ ..hack..
        $ git commit
        tg: Creating t/revlist/author-fixed base from master...
        $ ..hack..
        $ git commit


@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
        Subject: [PATCH] Fix broken revlist --author when --fixed-string
 
        ## Create another topic branch depending on two others non-trivially
        Subject: [PATCH] Fix broken revlist --author when --fixed-string
 
        ## Create another topic branch depending on two others non-trivially

-       $ tg create -d t/revlist/author-fixed,t/gitweb/nifty-links t/whatever
+       $ tg create t/whatever t/revlist/author-fixed t/gitweb/nifty-links

        tg: Creating t/whatever base from t/revlist/author-fixed...
        tg: Merging t/whatever base with t/gitweb/nifty-links...
        Merge failed!
        tg: Creating t/whatever base from t/revlist/author-fixed...
        tg: Merging t/whatever base with t/gitweb/nifty-links...
        Merge failed!


@@ -199,11 +199,14 @@ tg create
 ~~~~~~~~~
        Create a new TopGit-controlled topic branch of a given name
        (required argument) and switch to it. If no dependencies
 ~~~~~~~~~
        Create a new TopGit-controlled topic branch of a given name
        (required argument) and switch to it. If no dependencies

-       are specified using the '-d' paremeter, the current branch
-       is assumed to be the only dependency.
+       are specified (by extra arguments passed after the first one),
+       the current branch is assumed to be the only dependency.

 
        After `tg create`, you should insert the patch description
 
        After `tg create`, you should insert the patch description

-       to the '.topmsg' file.
+       to the '.topmsg' file, which will already contain some
+       pre-filled bits. You can set topgit.to, topgit.cc and topgit.bcc
+       configuration variables in order to have `tg create`
+       add these headers with given default values to '.topmsg'.

 
        The main task of `tg create` is to set up the topic branch
        base from the dependencies. This may fail due to merge conflicts.
 
        The main task of `tg create` is to set up the topic branch
        base from the dependencies. This may fail due to merge conflicts.


@@ -212,10 +215,6 @@ tg create
        it will detect that you are on a topic branch base ref and
        resume the topic branch creation operation.
 
        it will detect that you are on a topic branch base ref and
        resume the topic branch creation operation.
 

-       '-d':
-               Manually specified dependencies. A comma- or
-               space-separated list of branch names.
-

 tg delete
 ~~~~~~~~~
        Remove a TopGit-controlled topic branch of given name
 tg delete
 ~~~~~~~~~
        Remove a TopGit-controlled topic branch of given name


@@ -246,7 +245,7 @@ tg patch
 
        The patch is by default simply dumped to stdout. In the future,
        tg patch will be able to automatically send the patches by mail
 
        The patch is by default simply dumped to stdout. In the future,
        tg patch will be able to automatically send the patches by mail

-       or save them to files.
+       or save them to files. (TODO)

 
        TODO: tg patch -i to base at index instead of branch,
                -w for working tree
 
        TODO: tg patch -i to base at index instead of branch,
                -w for working tree


@@ -256,6 +255,7 @@ tg summary
        Show overview of all TopGit-tracked topic branches and their
        up-to-date status ('0' marks that it introduces no own changes,
        'D' marks that it is out-of-date wrt. its dependencies,
        Show overview of all TopGit-tracked topic branches and their
        up-to-date status ('0' marks that it introduces no own changes,
        'D' marks that it is out-of-date wrt. its dependencies,

+       '!' marks that it has missing dependencies (even recursively),

        'B' marks that it is out-of-date wrt. its base).
 
        TODO: Speed up by an order of magnitude
        'B' marks that it is out-of-date wrt. its base).
 
        TODO: Speed up by an order of magnitude


@@ -276,6 +276,9 @@ tg update
 
 TODO: Some infrastructure for sharing topic branches between
        repositories easily
 
 TODO: Some infrastructure for sharing topic branches between
        repositories easily

+TODO: tg depend for adding/removing dependencies smoothly
+TODO: tg collapse for creating a one-commit-per-patch tidied up
+       history (for pulling by upstream)

 
 
 IMPLEMENTATION
 
 
 IMPLEMENTATION


@@ -306,6 +309,8 @@ mail headers are inserted and the patch itself is appended.
 Thus, as your patches evolve, you can record nuances like whether
 the paricular patch should have To-list/Cc-maintainer or vice
 versa and similar nuances, if your project is into that.
 Thus, as your patches evolve, you can record nuances like whether
 the paricular patch should have To-list/Cc-maintainer or vice
 versa and similar nuances, if your project is into that.

+From is prefilled from your current GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT, the To,
+Cc and Bcc can be prefilled from optional topgit.{to,cc,bcc}.

 
        .topdeps: Contains the one-per-line list of branches
 your patch depends on, pre-seeded with `tg create`. (Continuously
 
        .topdeps: Contains the one-per-line list of branches
 your patch depends on, pre-seeded with `tg create`. (Continuously