linux-kernel - Re: [kbuild-devel] Another version of cleanfile/cleanpatch

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Date:	Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:19:56 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz>
CC:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>,
	kbuild-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [kbuild-devel] Another version of cleanfile/cleanpatch

Oleg Verych wrote:
> 
> Because of that, i think, following is redundant:
> 
> - to check for binary files

find . -type f | xargs cleanfile

I do this all the time.

> - scan whole file for long lines, with useless bunch of messages about
>   ones. Useless, because script doesn't fix that, it can't do that!

Still useful to let the human know what is going on, and why.

	-hpa


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