Add support for an --upstream_branch argument to make diffing against...

trychange.py

Index: trychange.py
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--- trychange.py	(revision 68803)
+++ trychange.py	(working copy)
@@ -574,6 +574,9 @@
   group.add_option("-E", "--exclude", action="append",
                    default=['ChangeLog'], metavar='REGEXP',
                    help="Regexp patterns to exclude files. Default: %default")
+  group.add_option("--upstream_branch", action="store",
+                   help="specify the upstream branch to diff against in the "
+                   "main checkout")

[M-A Ruel, 2010/12/15 20:01:21]

can you align with the = ?

   parser.add_option_group(group)
 
   group = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, "Access the try server by HTTP")
@@ -651,7 +654,10 @@
   try:
     # Always include os.getcwd() in the checkout settings.
     checkouts = []
-    checkouts.append(GuessVCS(options, os.getcwd()))
+    path = os.getcwd()
+    if options.upstream_branch:
+        path += '@' + options.upstream_branch
+    checkouts.append(GuessVCS(options, path))
     checkouts[0].AutomagicalSettings()
     for item in options.sub_rep:
       checkout = GuessVCS(options, os.path.join(checkouts[0].checkout_root,