linux-kernel - [PATCH -next] checkpatch: Fix git "fatal" warning if file argument outside kernel tree

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Date:   Sun, 20 Sep 2020 09:20:34 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux@...musvillemoes.dk,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>, apw@...onical.com
Subject: [PATCH -next] checkpatch: Fix git "fatal" warning if file argument
 outside kernel tree

commit bcf4271d4bc3 ("checkpatch: allow not using -f with files that
are in git") in linux-next causes checkpatch to emit a fatal message:

fatal: <file>: '<file>' is outside repository at '<kernel_dir>'

Fix that by sending git's error output to /dev/null instead.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Reported-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>
Reviewed-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>
---
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 3e474072aa90..469f8e7456df 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ sub git_is_single_file {
 
 	return 0 if ((which("git") eq "") || !(-e "$gitroot"));
 
-	my $output = `${git_command} ls-files -- $filename`;
+	my $output = `${git_command} ls-files -- $filename 2>/dev/null`;
 	my $count = $output =~ tr/\n//;
 	return $count eq 1 && $output =~ m{^${filename}$};
 }