git_drover.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Copyright 2015 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
# found in the LICENSE file.

import argparse

_HELP_MESSAGE = """\
git drover has been deprecated in favor of cherry-picking using Gerrit.
Try it, it's faster!

See https://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/drover for instructions.

If the Gerrit UI is not sufficient, and you know what you're doing:
  git checkout -b branch-name refs/remotes/branch-heads/{branch}
  git cherry-pick -x {cherry_pick}

If you have to do a lot of merges, consider using multiple working directories
in your checkout:
https://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/get-the-code/multiple-working-directories
"""


def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=_HELP_MESSAGE)
    parser.add_argument(
        '--branch',
        default='BRANCH',
        metavar='BRANCH',
        type=str,
        help='the name of the branch to which to cherry-pick; e.g. 1234')
    parser.add_argument(
        '--cherry-pick',
        default='HASH_OF_THE_COMMIT_TO_CHERRY_PICK',
        metavar='HASH_OF_THE_COMMIT_TO_CHERRY_PICK',
        type=str,
        help=('the change to cherry-pick; this can be any string '
              'that unambiguosly refers to a revision not involving HEAD'))
    options, _ = parser.parse_known_args()

    print(
        _HELP_MESSAGE.format(branch=options.branch,
                             cherry_pick=options.cherry_pick))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()