linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: check signoff when reading stdin

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Date:	Wed, 27 Jul 2016 17:41:54 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Allen Hubbe <allenbh@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: check signoff when reading stdin


> This change causes checkpatch to check for a missing signoff line, even
> if the filename is '-', as in the first variation of the command.

I think this is not a great idea because the most likely
use case is piping git diff output ala:

$ git diff <some_path> | ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -