linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Make git output use LANGUAGE=en

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Date:   Tue, 3 Sep 2019 08:19:06 -0700
From:   Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Make git output use LANGUAGE=en_US.utf8

On Sun, Sep 01, 2019 at 12:29:25PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> git output parsing depends on the language being en_US english.
> 
> Make the backtick execution of all `git <foo>` commands set the
> LANGUAGE of the process to en_US.utf8 before executing the actual
> command using `export LANGUAGE=en_US.utf8; git <foo>`.
> 
> Because the command is executed in a child process, the parent
> LANGUAGE is unchanged.
> 
> Reported-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> ---

Reviewed-and-tested-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>