linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: improve error message for p1-check

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Message-ID: <1319669467.21924.18.camel@Joe-Laptop>
Date:	Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:51:07 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@....ac.uk>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: improve error message for p1-check

On Wed, 2011-10-26 at 13:30 -0700, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Oct 2011, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> > The old error message was not precise. State now explicitly that the
> > prefix exists as a file/directory. Also change the conclusion ("appears
> > to be") into an instruction ("make sure").
> Why can't we suppress this warning unless both prefixes appear as files or 
> directories in the cwd?  ('a' and 'b' if using git format-patch)

I sent a suggested patch that checked $root/$patched_file
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/10/19/257


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