linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: use correct gitroot when running from non-top-level dir

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Date:   Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:32:38 -0800
From:   Peter Collingbourne <pcc@...gle.com>
To:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: use correct gitroot when running from
 non-top-level dir

On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 4:33 PM Peter Collingbourne <pcc@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> My workflow usually requires running checkpatch.pl from a subdirectory
> of the kernel source tree. This works for the most part, but the script
> will be unable to find the .git directory and will therefore refuse to
> run any git commands (so, e.g. commit ID verification will fail). Fix
> it by prepending $root to $gitroot when a root is set.
>
> This also requires fixing one root directory assumption in a git
> invocation.

Ping.

Peter