linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Remove --file option

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Message-ID: <1405614291.12363.25.camel@joe-AO725>
Date:	Thu, 17 Jul 2014 09:24:51 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	apw@...onical.com, tytso@....edu, dwalter@...gle.com, bp@...e.de,
	neilb@...e.de, hch@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Remove --file option

On Thu, 2014-07-17 at 18:02 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 08:51:23AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > grep is a similar tool, just less automated.
[]
> checkpatch should only check patches and not whole file.
> It is wrong. Fullstop.

<eh>  No worries, we just disagree about the fullstop.

cheers, Joe


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