Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: do not try to sanity test cover letters | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:50:11 -0800 |
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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.
cheers, Joe
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