linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Allow not using -f with files that are in git

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Message-ID: <20201024000458.GA1669055@nvidia.com>
Date:   Fri, 23 Oct 2020 21:04:58 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Allow not using -f with files that are in git

On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 11:26:59AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:

> I'll post it again as a reply to this email with a
> with a sign-off and a better commit description and
> Linus/Andrew can decide if it's better to revert
> f5f613259f3f or apply it separately.

Gentle reminder on this, it is the last weekday of the merge window
and checkpatch is still failing on Linus's latest (b76f733c).. 

   Global symbol "$gitroot" requires explicit package name (did you forget to declare "my $gitroot"?) at scripts/checkpatch.pl line 980.

Thanks,
Jason