Add some notes on how to change ref branch and when and how to stack

backports.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/backflip b/backflip
index d122105..b857973 100755
--- a/backflip
+++ b/backflip
@@ -127,6 +127,14 @@ if ! which $CMPTOOL > /dev/null ; then
   ask "Enter tool name: " CMPTOOL
 fi
 
+echo -e "${blue}${lines}"
+print_info "Backport will de done on top of branch: ${bold}$DEV_BRANCH${NC}"
+print_info "Reference branch used for review is: ${bold}$REF_BRANCH${NC}"
+print_info "To change GCC version in a Linaro branch use ${bold}-v${NC}"
+print_info "example: ${bold}backflip -v 4.8${NC}"
+print_info "To change reference branch use ${bold}-r${NC}"
+print_info "example: ${bold}backflip -r master${NC}"
+
 # ==============================================================================
 print_step "Finding SHA1"
 # ==============================================================================
@@ -194,6 +202,12 @@ if [ "$user_bc" != "n" ]; then
       git commit
     fi
 
+    echo
+    print_info "If you want to stack another backport on top of this one"
+    print_info "you can stop here, and invoke backflip with command:"
+    print_info "${bold}backflip -b ${bname} REV_NUMBER${NC}"
+    print_info "The next steps are only needed for review and validation.\n"
+
     ask "${bold}Create patch [Y/n] ?" user_patch
     if [ "$user_patch" != "n" ]; then
       git format-patch -o ../ --suffix=.${bname}.patch -1