[PATCH 1/1] scripts: create kernel configuration upgrade script

[Felix Baumann]

Am 7. Februar 2024 11:53:55 MEZ schrieb Jonas Gorski <jonas.gorski at gmail.com>:
>On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 at 02:48, Elliott Mitchell <ehem+openwrt at m5p.com> wrote:
>>
>> Create a script for automating kernel version changes.  This
>> generates a pair of commits which cause history to remain attached
>> to all versioned configuration files.
>
>Why is this script needed? What exactly does it do? Does it preserve
>bisectability? How would you use it? I see neither a help message nor
>any usage examples.
>
>Please provide more detailed explanation in the commit message,
>especially since perl isn't the most common or easy to read language.
>
>Regards,
>Jonas
>
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This might be of help
<https://lists.openwrt.org/pipermail/openwrt-devel/2023-October/041672.html>
Elliott linked it in his previous mail.

It explains the problem fairly well.

Short version:
Right now every new kernel version creates a new kernel config file as a copy of the old one which doesn't preserve the git history which hinders the usage of git blame.

git bisect should still work fairly well even without the change.

Regards
Felix