Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: do not try to sanity test cover letters

[Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>]

On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 04:50:11PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-02-27 at 19:47 -0500, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2012-02-27 at 19:29 -0500, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> > >> One possibly common workflow is this:
> > >>
> > >>       git format-patch -o mypatches --cover-letter ^start end
> > >>       ./scripts/checkpatch.pl mypatches/*
> > >
> > > I use a script for this and don't put the check
> > > in checkpatch but put the check in bash.
> > 
> > Sure, and I can do the same.  But my question to you is whether
> > you think the above is a common workflow, and if the false positives
> > that it generates will decrease the number of people likely to make
> > using it a part of their routine?
> 
> Dunno.  I generally think that tools should report
> errors when the input given them is inappropriate.

Tend to agree, the more complex we make checkpatch the more often it
will be wrong.  And it is wrong enough already.

-apw