linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] checkpatch: kconfig: enforce help text indentation

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Message-ID: <0e8754d14cb5624704159ba85b18f8a6bb703b27.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Mon, 04 Jan 2021 14:09:10 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Nicolai Fischer <nicolai.fischer@....de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     apw@...onical.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        johannes.czekay@....de, linux-kernel@...cs.fau.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] checkpatch: kconfig: enforce help text
 indentation

On Sun, 2021-01-03 at 08:50 +0100, Nicolai Fischer wrote:
> Adds a new warning in case the indentation level of the
> first line of a Kconfig help message is not at least two spaces
> higher than the keyword itself.
> Blank lines between the message and the help keyword
> are ignored.
> 
> Co-developed-by: Johannes Czekay <johannes.czekay@....de>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Czekay <johannes.czekay@....de>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolai Fischer <nicolai.fischer@....de>
> ---
> 
> Now matches indentation of two or more spaces, instead of exactly two.

No, this should match exactly 2 and warn on any other use.