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diff --git a/tools/patman/patchstream.py b/tools/patman/patchstream.py
index 4fe465e9ab..2ea8ebcc3f 100644
--- a/tools/patman/patchstream.py
+++ b/tools/patman/patchstream.py
@@ -512,17 +512,19 @@ def GetMetaDataForList(commit_range, git_dir=None, count=None,
ps.Finalize()
return series
-def GetMetaData(start, count):
+def GetMetaData(branch, start, count):
"""Reads out patch series metadata from the commits
This does a 'git log' on the relevant commits and pulls out the tags we
are interested in.
Args:
- start: Commit to start from: 0=HEAD, 1=next one, etc.
+ branch: Branch to use (None for current branch)
+ start: Commit to start from: 0=branch HEAD, 1=next one, etc.
count: Number of commits to list
"""
- return GetMetaDataForList('HEAD~%d' % start, None, count)
+ return GetMetaDataForList('%s~%d' % (branch if branch else 'HEAD', start),
+ None, count)
def GetMetaDataForTest(text):
"""Process metadata from a file containing a git log. Used for tests