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+#! /bin/sh
+# This script was created in a effort to make patch management a bit easier.
+# It list all the patches in the current tree and identifies if they are
+# present in the kernel.spec, PatchList.txt, both files or neither.
+#
+# eg. ./check-patchlist.sh [optional flag]
+
+function usage(){
+    echo "List all the patches currently in the tree. It also helps identify"
+    echo "if the patch is present in kernel.spec or PatchList.txt.          "
+    echo "-h, --help                                                        "
+    echo "-t, --tracked       patches in both kernel.spec and PatchList.txt "
+    echo "-p, --patchlist     patches added to PatchList.txt.               "
+    echo "-s, --specfile      patches added to kernel.spec.                 "
+    echo "-n, --not-tracked   patches in the tree but not  in PatchList.txt "
+    echo "                     or kernel.spec                               "
+}
+
+BASEDIR=$(dirname "$( cd $(dirname $BASH_SOURCE[0]) && pwd)")
+pushd $BASEDIR > /dev/null
+
+function list_all(){
+    echo "===========Legend==========================="
+    echo ".   In kernel.spec                          "
+    echo "*   In PatchList.txt                        "
+    echo "+   In PatchList.txt & Kernel.spec          "
+    echo "-   Neither in PatchList.txt nor kernel.spec"
+    echo "============================================"
+    for patch in $(ls *.patch); do
+	if [ ! -z "$(grep $patch PatchList.txt)" ] && [ ! -z "$(grep $patch kernel.spec)" ]
+	then
+	    echo "+ ${patch}" # Patches in kernel.spec and PatchList.txt
+
+	elif [ ! -z "$(grep $patch PatchList.txt)" ] && [ -z "$(grep $patch kernel.spec)" ]
+	then
+	     echo "* ${patch}" # Patches in PatchList.txt but not in kernel.spec
+
+	elif [ -z "$(grep $patch PatchList.txt)" ] && [ ! -z "$(grep $patch kernel.spec)" ]
+	then
+	    echo ". ${patch}" # Patches in kernel.spec but not in PatchList.txt
+
+	else
+	    echo "- ${patch}" # Neither in PatchList.txt nor kernel.spec
+
+	fi
+    done
+}
+
+function list_present_not_added(){
+    for patch in $(ls *.patch); do
+	if [ -z "$(grep $patch PatchList.txt)" ] && [ -z "$(grep $patch kernel.spec)" ]
+	then
+	    echo $patch
+	fi
+    done
+}
+
+function list_present_added(){
+    for patch in $(ls *.patch); do
+	if [ ! -z "$(grep $patch PatchList.txt)" ] && [ ! -z "$(grep $patch kernel.spec)" ]
+	then
+	    echo $patch
+	fi
+    done
+}
+
+function list_patchList(){
+    for patch in $(ls *.patch); do
+	if [ ! -z "$(grep $patch PatchList.txt)" ] && [ -z "$(grep $patch kernel.spec)" ]
+	then
+	    echo $patch
+	fi
+    done
+
+}
+function list_specfile(){
+    for patch in $(ls *.patch); do
+	if [ -z "$(grep $patch PatchList.txt)" ] && [ ! -z "$(grep $patch kernel.spec)" ]
+	then
+	    echo $patch
+	fi
+    done
+}
+
+if [ -z "$@" ]; then
+    list_all
+else
+
+    for opt in "$@"; do
+	case $opt in
+	    -t|--tracked)
+		list_present_added
+		;;
+	    -s|--specfile)
+		list_specfile
+		;;
+	    -h|--help)
+		usage
+		;;
+	    -n|--not-added)
+		list_present_not_added
+		;;
+	    -p|--patchlist)
+		list_patchList
+		;;
+	    *)
+		usage
+		;;
+	esac
+    done
+fi
+
+popd > /dev/null