linux-kernel - Re: Updating MAINTAINERS and Documentation/video4linux F: patterns

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Date:   Tue, 13 Sep 2016 02:39:44 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-doc <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Updating MAINTAINERS and Documentation/video4linux F: patterns

On Tue, 2016-09-13 at 12:22 +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
> > On Sat, 10 Sep 2016, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> After all the moving of video4linux Documentation file locations
> around and converting .txt files to .rst, can you please update
> the appropriate MAINTAINERS sections and F: patterns?
> 
> Hmm, for patches doing rename/create/delete, checkpatch could look at
> MAINTAINERS and remind the user if a MAINTAINERS update is needed.

Thanks, checkpatch already does exactly that.

$ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -git 43efd1edc63534d3a7486a0548c8aedf8b1128d1
WARNING: added, moved or deleted file(s), does MAINTAINERS need updating?
#86: 
deleted file mode 100644

total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 56 lines checked

NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to
      mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace.

Commit 43efd1edc635 ("[media] get rid of Documentation/video4linux/lifeview.txt") has style problems, please review.

NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report
      them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.

or another way:

$ git log --stat -p  --format=email -1 -M 43efd1edc63534d3a7486a0548c8aedf8b1128d1 | ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -
WARNING: added, moved or deleted file(s), does MAINTAINERS need updating?
#84: 
deleted file mode 100644

total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 56 lines checked

NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to
      mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace.

Your patch has style problems, please review.
>