From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>,
Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: Avoid NOT_UNIFIED_DIFF errors on cover-letter.patch files
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2015 04:34:40 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1433417680.4861.159.camel@perches.com> (raw)
Make an exception for the "Does not appear to be a unified-diff"
error when scanning what appears to be git generated cover letters.
Suggested-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index c8032a0..da417b6 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5563,7 +5563,7 @@ sub process {
exit(0);
}
- if (!$is_patch) {
+ if (!$is_patch && $file !~ /cover-letter\.patch$/) {
ERROR("NOT_UNIFIED_DIFF",
"Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch\n");
}
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