[PATCH dim-tools] dim: Avoid hardcoding remote name for linux-upstream

[Lukas Wunner]

On Tue, Jul 08, 2025 at 05:19:52PM -0400, Rodrigo Vivi wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 05, 2025 at 10:51:36AM +0200, Lukas Wunner wrote:
> > dim hardcodes "origin" as remote name for linux-upstream in a number of
> > places.  This (only) works if "origin" is indeed Torvalds' repo.
> > 
> > Resolve the remote name for linux-upstream at runtime to make dim work
> > with local repos that lack an "origin" remote or use it for something
> > else.
> 
> I'm afraid this doesn't 'resolve the name' but instead force everyone
> else to use linux-upstream as the name for Linus branch.

No, "linux-upstream" is the symbolic git repo name used in nightly.conf
(in the drm-rerere repo).

> rdvivi at rdvivi-mobl1:~/linux/maintainer-tools$ dim blah
> dim: Adding remote for linux-upstream repo from URLs: 
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
> https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git

Hm, are you not using one of those URLs for your "origin" remote?
What does "git remote -v | grep origin" return?

> > Somebody please consider applying this.  It looks like I cannot push to
> > the maintainer-tools repo despite being allowed to push to drm-misc.
> > Or I'm doing something wrong.  Thanks!
> 
> Please take a look at:
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/maintainer-tools
> 
> We are now sending merge requests there instead of patches in this mailing list.

Thanks!  I didn't get that memo.

Lukas