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

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Date:	Mon, 4 Aug 2014 16:30:29 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
To:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...rom.com>
Cc:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	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 Tue 2014-07-22 08:27:22, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> writes:
> 
> > No, checkpatch should only check patches and not whole file. It is
> > wrong. Fullstop.
> 
> Please don't remove --file, I use it all the time when maintaining
> ath6kl and ath10k. It's a lot easier in my workflow to test the whole
> driver in one go than start testing individual patches.

Exactly. Also, with --file, you have nice place to write warning
"please don't do cleanups just because of this"...
								Pavel
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