linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: perform commit ID check from external to git folder

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Date:   Thu, 11 Jun 2020 23:08:07 +0300
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        Matteo Croce <mcroce@...hat.com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: perform commit ID check from external to
 git folder

On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 11:22:41AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Thu, 2020-06-11 at 15:59 +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>
> >
> > The execution of scripts/checkpatch.pl in folder outside of git produces
> > complains about invalid commit ID, despite having valid one.
>
> There is already a slightly different test for this in -next
> It also uses a environment test for GIT_DIR.

If you are referring to this commit
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/scripts/checkpatch.pl?h=next-20200611&id=5bff933936a76a839e3c7f47f193cbf0d9904543

It didn't work for me, because I'm not setting GIT_DIR environment and
use "--root" switch from checkpatch.pl.

>
> Try that one.

It doesn't make too much sense to have two options to configure git
directory, one is GIT_DIR and another --root.

Thanks

>
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