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| author | Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> | 2015-06-25 15:03:11 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-06-25 17:00:42 -0700 |
| commit | 06330fc40e3f3034de4934ec347604b5e36c40c3 (patch) | |
| tree | f80445441ec1301ec203463cedfda2d46ce8a1fc | |
| parent | f1a63678554f8f7ff0425361b0142a69c0b815df (diff) | |
checkpatch: avoid NOT_UNIFIED_DIFF errors on cover-letter.patch files
Make an exception for the "Does not appear to be a unified-diff" error
when scanning what appears to be git generated cover letters.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Suggested-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index ef24f92e10e5..69c4716d9e27 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -5614,7 +5614,7 @@ 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"); } |