Make script better

Author: sils

scripts/git/collect_authors_patches.sh

@@ -1,26 +1,45 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [ ! $# == 1 ]; then
-    echo "Usage: $0 author_name"
+if [ ! $# == 2 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 author_name output_root_directory"
     exit 1
 fi
 
 author=$1
+output=$2
 end=""
 begin=""
+patchcount=1
+rangecount=1
 
 for O in $(git log --pretty=format:"%h" --author="$author"); do
         if ! git log --pretty=format:"%h" --author="$author" $O^^..$O^ --exit-code 1>/dev/null ; then
             if [[ "$end" == "" ]]; then
                 end=$O
             fi
             begin=$O
+            ((rangecount++))
         else
             if [[ "$end" == "" ]]; then
-                git format-patch $O^..$O
+                tmp=$(($patchcount - 1))
+                echo "Adding one patch to $tmp existing:"
+                git log $O^..$O
+                echo "Please enter a subdirectory name for this patch:"
+                read subdir
+                mkdir -p $output/$subdir
+                git format-patch $O^..$O -o$output/$subdir
+                ((patchcount++))
             else
-                git format-patch $begin^^..$end
+                tmp=$(($patchcount - 1))
+                echo "Adding $rangecount patches to $tmp existing."
+                git log $begin^^..$end --oneline
+                echo "Please enter a subdirectory name for this patch:"
+                read subdir
+                mkdir -p $output/$subdir
+                git format-patch $begin^^..$end -o$output/$subdir
                 end=""
+                patchcount=$(($patchcount + $rangecount))
+                rangecount=1
             fi
         fi
     done