Updated the bin/mkpatch to use a --name switch, normalize the name to use '-' rather than '_', and give more feedback.

 - Legacy-Id: 18068

Author: levkowetz

bin/mkpatch

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+# -*- indent-with-tabs: 1 -*-
 
 version=0.10
 program=${0##*/}
@@ -9,15 +10,15 @@ if [ "$progdir" = "$program" ]; then progdir="."; fi
 function usage() {
     cat <<EOF
 NAME
-	$program - given a patch name and a list of files, create a patch diff
+	$program - given a list of changed files, create a patch diff
 
 SYNOPSIS
-	$program [OPTIONS] ARGS
+	$program [OPTIONS] PATHS
 
 DESCRIPTION
-	Given a patch name and a list of changed file, run svn diff to create
-	a patch suitable for the patch command, named with the current date
-	and the given patch name.  Place this in the local patch directory.
+	Given a list of changed file, run svn diff to create a patch
+	suitable for the patch command, named with the current date and
+	the given patch name.  Place this in the local patch directory.
 	
 
 EOF
@@ -29,8 +30,6 @@ EOF
     fi
     cat <<EOF
 
-FILES
-
 AUTHOR
 	Written by Henrik Levkowetz, <henrik@tools.ietf.org>
 
@@ -71,8 +70,8 @@ trap 'echo "$program($LINENO): Command failed with error code $? ([$$] $0 $*)";
 # Option parsing
 
 # Options
-shortopts=c:or:hvV
-longopts=change=,overwrite,revision=,help,verbose,version
+shortopts=c:n:or:hvV
+longopts=change=,name=,overwrite,revision=,help,verbose,version
 
 # Default values
 
@@ -91,10 +90,11 @@ fi
 
 while true ; do
     case "$1" in
-	-c| --change)	CHG="$2"; shift;;	# the change made by revision ARG
-        -o| --overwrite) OVER=1;;                # overwrite any existing patch file
-	-h| --help)	usage; exit;;		# Show this help, then exit
-	-v| --verbose)	VERBOSE=1;;	# Be more talkative
+	-c| --change)	CHG="$2"; shift;;	# Use the change made by revision ARG
+	-n| --name)	NAME="$2"; shift;;	# Patch name
+	-o| --overwrite)	OVER=1;;        # Overwrite any existing patch file
+	-h| --help)	usage; exit;;           # Show this help, then exit
+	-v| --verbose)	VERBOSE=1;;             # Be more talkative
 	-V| --version)	version; exit;;		# Show program version, then exit
 	--)		shift; break;;
 	*) die "Internal error, inconsistent option specification: '$1'";;
@@ -105,13 +105,30 @@ done
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # The program itself
 
+today=$(date +%s)
+until=$(date -d 2020-10-01 +%s)
+if [ $today -lt $until ]; then
+  echo -e "\n** Please note that the --name switch must now be used if you want to specify"\
+          "\n   a name.  If a changeset is given with the -c switch, the name can be"\
+          "\n   autogenerated from the commit comment, though."\
+          "\n"
+fi
+
+
 if   [ "$CHG" ]; then
-  name=$(echo $(svn log -c $CHG | sed -r -e '/^---/d' -e '/^r[0-9]+/d' -e '/^$/d' -e 's/Merged in \[[0-9]+\] from [^:]+..//' ) | sed -r -e 's/(.*)/\L\1/' -e 's/[^[:alnum:]]/-/g' -e 's/-+/-/g' -e's/-$//' | cut -c 1-40)
-  name="$name-c$CHG"
+  if [ "$NAME" ]; then
+    name="${NAME//_/-}-c$CHG"
+  else
+    name=$(echo $(svn log -c $CHG | sed -r -e '/^---/d' -e '/^r[0-9]+/d' -e '/^$/d' -e 's/Merged in \[[0-9]+\] from [^:]+..//' ) | sed -r -e 's/(.*)/\L\1/' -e 's/[^[:alnum:]]/-/g' -e 's/-+/-/g' -e's/-$//' | cut -c 1-40)
+    name="$name-c$CHG"
+  fi
 else
-  if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then die "Expected patch name and file list on the command line."; fi
-  if [[ $1 =~ / ]]; then die "Expected a patch name, but the first argument to $program seems to be a file path: '$1'"; fi
-  name=$1; shift;
+  if [ "$NAME" ]; then  
+    if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then die "Expected file list on the command line."; fi
+    name="${NAME//_/-}"
+  else
+    die "Please use the -n switch to provide a patch name"
+  fi
 fi
 
 patchfile=$progdir/../../patches/$(date +%Y-%m-%d)-$name.patch