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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:47:43 -0500
From: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc: apw@...onical.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: do not try to sanity test cover letters
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.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?
Paul.
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