Re: [Linux-mips-kernel] helper script

[Pete P. <pp...@pa...>]

James Simmons wrote:

>>Don't know if this would be useful to anyone else but Paul mentioned a 
>>similar script that he uses for another drop in tree. This one works for 
>>me and helps keep the linux-mips tree in a separate directory so I don't 
>>have cvs problems when updating, committing, etc.  The script takes the 
>>linux-mips tree, the stock kernel tree, and a new development directory 
>>as inputs. It copies the stock tree to the new dev directory; then it 
>>recurses through the new dev directory and:
>>* renames all files that are in common between the linux-mips and new 
>>dev tree directories to *.stock
>>* creates a link in the new dev directory that points to the file in the 
>>linux-mips directory.
>>
>>That way you can develop in the new directory, but you can still easily 
>>update and commit from within the linux-mips directory.
>>
> 
> Could you place that into the top level of CVS. 


Yes, but it hasn't been tested all that much.

> We should have a INSTALL  file as well with instructions.


I'll try to do a first pass at a short INSTALL file sometime tonight.

Pete