hvsp: allow to specify end commit as a label

If end commit starts with "end", then assume end commit is the
commit just before that end commit label.

diff --git a/scripts/kernel-send-patches.sh b/scripts/kernel-send-patches.sh
index b928b32..c41886b 100755 (executable)
--- a/scripts/kernel-send-patches.sh
+++ b/scripts/kernel-send-patches.sh
@@ -184,6 +184,16 @@ find_commit_by_log()
     echo $(git log --oneline HEAD~100..HEAD | grep "${1}" | awk {'print $1'})
 }
 
+# Find SHA1 of preceding commit:
+# First arg: commit message
+find_preceding_commit_by_log()
+{
+    local sha1_end
+
+    sha1_end="$(find_commit_by_log "${1}")"
+    echo $(git log --oneline ${sha1_end}~2..${sha1_end}~1 | awk {'print $1'})
+}
+
 # Remove "Name" if present in email address. Needed because of a bug in
 # get_maintainer.pl even if we specify the "--non" option.
 # Arg #1: "Name <email>" or "email"
@@ -245,6 +255,11 @@ if [ x"${COMMIT_END_SHA1}" = x"" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+if echo "${commit_end}" | grep -q "^end"; then
+    # Take commit just before end commit:
+    COMMIT_END_SHA1=$(find_preceding_commit_by_log "${commit_end}")
+fi
+
 rm -rf ${srcdir}/*.patch
 
 # If the cover letter is not between start and end commits, save a copy: