Re: [PATCH v2] scripts: add scripts/checktransupdate.py

[Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>]

Dongliang Mu <dzm91@hust.edu.cn> writes:

> The checktransupdate.py script helps track the translation status of
> the documentation in different locales, e.g., zh_CN and verify if
> these documenation is up-to-date. More specially, it uses `git log`
> commit to find the latest english commit from the translation commit
> (order by author date) and the latest english commits from HEAD. If
> differences occur, report the file and commits that need to be updated.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dongliang Mu <dzm91@hust.edu.cn>
> Signed-off-by: Cheng Ziqiu <chengziqiu@hust.edu.cn>
> ---
> v1->v2: revise the output format of git commits
>         add some description and usage of this script
>  scripts/checktransupdate.py | 203 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 203 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100755 scripts/checktransupdate.py

I have applied this, it seems like a useful tool.

I do wish the code looked like something a bit closer to the kernel
coding style, but so it goes.

Thanks,

jon