linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: Disallow --git and --file/--fix

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Date:   Wed, 29 Apr 2020 13:56:24 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: Disallow --git and --file/--fix

Don't allow these options to be combined.

Miscellanea:

o Add missing $P: to some die("reason message") output

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index e4af60..4a5c6bb 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ list_types(0) if ($list_types);
 $fix = 1 if ($fix_inplace);
 $check_orig = $check;
 
+die "$P: --git cannot be used with --file or --fix\n" if ($git && ($file || $fix));
+
 my $exit = 0;
 
 my $perl_version_ok = 1;
@@ -269,11 +271,11 @@ if ($color =~ /^[01]$/) {
 } elsif ($color =~ /^auto$/i) {
 	$color = (-t STDOUT);
 } else {
-	die "Invalid color mode: $color\n";
+	die "$P: Invalid color mode: $color\n";
 }
 
 # skip TAB size 1 to avoid additional checks on $tabsize - 1
-die "Invalid TAB size: $tabsize\n" if ($tabsize < 2);
+die "$P: Invalid TAB size: $tabsize\n" if ($tabsize < 2);
 
 sub hash_save_array_words {
 	my ($hashRef, $arrayRef) = @_;