scripts: reverse order of checked commits

[dpdk.git] / scripts / checkpatches.sh

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatches.sh b/scripts/checkpatches.sh
index 4addde4..622a5b6 100755 (executable)
--- a/scripts/checkpatches.sh
+++ b/scripts/checkpatches.sh
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ print_usage () {
 
        Run Linux kernel checkpatch.pl with DPDK options.
        The environment variable DPDK_CHECKPATCH_PATH must be set.
+
+       The patches to check can be from files specified on the command line,
+       or latest git commits limited with -n option (default limit: origin/master).
        END_OF_HELP
 }
 
@@ -96,9 +99,9 @@ check () { # <patch> <commit> <title>
 
 if [ -z "$1" ] ; then
        if [ $number -eq 0 ] ; then
-               commits=$(git rev-list origin/master..)
+               commits=$(git rev-list --reverse origin/master..)
        else
-               commits=$(git rev-list --max-count=$number HEAD)
+               commits=$(git rev-list --reverse --max-count=$number HEAD)
        fi
        for commit in $commits ; do
                subject=$(git log --format='%s' -1 $commit)