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+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+diff_patch=$1
+
+mkdir -p "$(dirname "${diff_patch}")"
+
+git -C "${srctree:-.}" diff HEAD > "${diff_patch}"
+
+if [ ! -s "${diff_patch}" ] ||
+   [ -z "$(git -C "${srctree:-.}" ls-files --other --exclude-standard | head -n1)" ]; then
+	exit
+fi
+
+# The source tarball, which is generated by 'git archive', contains everything
+# you committed in the repository. If you have local diff ('git diff HEAD'),
+# it will go into ${diff_patch}. If untracked files are remaining, the resulting
+# source package may not be correct.
+#
+# Examples:
+#  - You modified a source file to add #include "new-header.h"
+#    but forgot to add new-header.h
+#  - You modified a Makefile to add 'obj-$(CONFIG_FOO) += new-dirver.o'
+#    but you forgot to add new-driver.c
+#
+# You need to commit them, or at least stage them by 'git add'.
+#
+# This script does not take care of untracked files because doing so would
+# introduce additional complexity. Instead, print a warning message here if
+# untracked files are found.
+# If all untracked files are just garbage, you can ignore this warning.
+echo >&2 "============================ WARNING ============================"
+echo >&2 "Your working tree has diff from HEAD, and also untracked file(s)."
+echo >&2 "Please make sure you did 'git add' for all new files you need in"
+echo >&2 "the source package."
+echo >&2 "================================================================="