[PATCH 1/7] Make "stg export" save the base commit in the output directory

From: Chuck Lever <cel@netapp.com>
Date: Nov 29, 2005, 22:09 UTC
Message-ID: <20051129220938.9885.37456.stgit@dexter.citi.umich.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20051129220552.9885.41086.stgit@dexter.citi.umich.edu>

When trying to apply a series of diffs that was exported from an StGIT series, it can be convenient to know exactly which base commit the patches apply to. Save that commit in a file patchdir/base.

Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <cel@netapp.com>
---

 stgit/commands/export.py |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/stgit/commands/export.py b/stgit/commands/export.py
index 0ef7d07..167a8d3 100644
--- a/stgit/commands/export.py
+++ b/stgit/commands/export.py
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ def func(parser, options, args):
             tmpl = file(patch_tmpl).read()
             break
 
+    # note the base commit for this series
+    write_string(os.path.join(dirname, 'base'), \
+                 crt_series.get_patch(patches[0]).get_bottom())
+
     patch_no = 1;
     for p in patches:
         pname = p