linux-kernel - Re: problem with checkpatch

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Message-ID: <1435080706.9808.39.camel@perches.com>
Date:	Tue, 23 Jun 2015 10:31:46 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: problem with checkpatch

On Tue, 2015-06-23 at 18:06 +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> Hi Joe,
> while checking patches I usually check them using mutt pipe to checkpatch.
> while in mutt, press '|' and then scripts/checkpatch.pl -
> and the patch will be checked by checkpatch without having to save it.
> 
> Now 700152391c3d ("checkpatch: add --showfile to allow input via pipe to show filenames")
> is adding $filename ne '-' and because of that if the patch has any
> error in Signed-off-by , it is not detecting anymore.

Any error in signature format should still be found,
but a missing sign-off line would not.

> Any solution for this?

Modifying checkpatch or using an older version.

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