linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: add switch to turn off check for Change-Id

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Message-ID: <1456868479.4436.37.camel@perches.com>
Date:	Tue, 01 Mar 2016 13:41:19 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	"Pottratz, Dwane" <dwane.pottratz@...el.com>,
	"apw@...onical.com" <apw@...onical.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'akpm@...ux-foundation.org'" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: add switch to turn off check for
 Change-Id

On Tue, 2016-03-01 at 18:37 +0000, Pottratz, Dwane wrote:
> A commit hook for the Gerrit code review servers inserts change
> identifiers.  These identifiers are noise in the context of the
> upstream kernel.  However, they are needed in most development
> environments and the error needs to be ignored for static analysis
> tools.

btw: another way to do this is to use the --ignore <foo-list> option.

$ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl --ignore gerrit_change_id <patch>