From 28e0367fc879a408b964c070b55e4255e6d1eac5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Boichat <drinkcat@chromium.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 10:50:01 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] patman: When no tracking branch is provided, tell the user
The user can either count the number of patches, or provide a
tracking branch.
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Boichat <drinkcat@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
---
tools/patman/control.py | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/patman/control.py b/tools/patman/control.py
index 8f4afeab18..67e8f397ef 100644
--- a/tools/patman/control.py
+++ b/tools/patman/control.py
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ def prepare_patches(col, branch, count, start, end, ignore_binary):
count = (gitutil.CountCommitsToBranch(branch) - start)
if not count:
- sys.exit(col.Color(col.RED,
- 'No commits found to process - please use -c flag'))
+ str = 'No commits found to process - please use -c flag, or run:\n' \
+ ' git branch --set-upstream-to remote/branch'
+ sys.exit(col.Color(col.RED, str))
# Read the metadata from the commits
to_do = count - end
--
2.39.5