Introducing new feature, defined as "DEBUG_MODE" for easier source debugging. You can create changes on the top of all our patches and patch, placed into sub dir userpatches, will be produced automatically

common.sh

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ compile_uboot (){
 	# read uboot version to variable $VER
 	grab_version "$SOURCES/$BOOTSOURCEDIR" "VER"
 	
+	# create patch for manual source changes in debug mode
+	userpatch_create "u-boot"
+	
 	display_alert "Compiling uboot" "$VER" "info"
 	display_alert "Compiler version" "${UBOOT_COMPILER}gcc $(eval ${UBOOT_TOOLCHAIN:+env PATH=$UBOOT_TOOLCHAIN:$PATH} ${UBOOT_COMPILER}gcc -dumpversion)" "info"
 	cd $SOURCES/$BOOTSOURCEDIR
@@ -133,6 +136,9 @@ compile_kernel (){
 	# read kernel version to variable $VER
 	grab_version "$SOURCES/$LINUXSOURCEDIR" "VER"
 
+	# create patch for manual source changes in debug mode
+	userpatch_create "kernel"
+	
 	display_alert "Compiling $BRANCH kernel" "$VER" "info"
 	display_alert "Compiler version" "${KERNEL_COMPILER}gcc $(eval ${KERNEL_TOOLCHAIN:+env PATH=$KERNEL_TOOLCHAIN:$PATH} ${KERNEL_COMPILER}gcc -dumpversion)" "info"
 	cd $SOURCES/$LINUXSOURCEDIR/
@@ -384,3 +390,26 @@ customize_image()
 	chroot $CACHEDIR/sdcard /bin/bash -c "/tmp/customize-image.sh $RELEASE $FAMILY $BOARD $BUILD_DESKTOP"
 	umount $CACHEDIR/sdcard/tmp/overlay
 }
+
+userpatch_create()
+{
+	if [[ $DEBUG_MODE == yes ]]; then 	
+		# configure
+		mkdir -p $SRC/userpatches/patch
+		git config --global user.name 'John Doe' 
+		git config --global user.email johndoe@somedomain.com
+	
+		# create commit to start from clean source
+		git add .
+		git commit -q -m "Cleaning"
+	
+		# prompt to alter source
+		display_alert "Make your changes in this directory:" "$(pwd)" "wrn"
+		display_alert "You will find a patch here:" "$SRC/userpatches/patch/$1-$LINUXFAMILY-$(date +'%d.%m.%Y').patch" "wrn"		
+		read -p 'Press <Enter> after you are done with changes to the source'
+		git add .
+		# create patch out of changes
+		git diff --staged > $SRC/userpatches/patch/$1-$LINUXFAMILY-$(date +'%d.%m.%Y').patch
+		git reset --soft HEAD~ 
+	fi
+}

compile.sh

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ CONSOLE_CHAR="UTF-8"
 # advanced
 KERNEL_KEEP_CONFIG="no"					# overwrite kernel config before compilation
 EXTERNAL="yes"						# build and install extra applications and drivers
+DEBUG_MODE="no"					# wait that you make changes to uboot and kernel source and creates patches
 FORCE_CHECKOUT="yes"					# ignore manual changes to source
 BUILD_ALL="no"						# cycle through available boards and make images or kernel/u-boot packages.
 							# set KERNEL_ONLY to "yes" or "no" to build all kernels/all images
@@ -102,4 +103,4 @@ fi
 
 # If you are committing new version of this file, increment VERSION
 # Only integers are supported
-# VERSION=18
+# VERSION=19

documentation/geek-faq.md

@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ Run the script
         - Mediatek MT7601U wireless - driver
         - Sunxi display control
         - hostapd from sources
+- **DEBUG_MODE** (yes|no)
+	- set to "yes" will prompt you right before the compilation starts to make changes to the source code. Separate for u-boot and kernel. It will also create a patch out of this. If you want that this patch is included in the normal run, you need to copy it to appropriate directory
+	- set to "no" compilation will run uninterrupted 
 - **FORCE_CHECKOUT** (yes|no):
     - set to "yes" to force overwrite any changed or manually patched kernel, u-boot and other sources
     - set to "no" to keep all changes to sources