linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] checkpatch: Don't check for unified diff format in git sendemail headers

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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:54:51 -0800
From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>, Andy Whitcroft
 <apw@...onical.com>,  Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>, Lukas
 Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Cc: kernel-team@...roid.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] checkpatch: Don't check for unified diff format in
 git sendemail headers

On Wed, 2024-02-21 at 21:15 -0800, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> When checkpatch is used as a git sendemail-validate hook, it's also passed
> in the email header for sanity check.

Why?

If so, why not use a front-end script to stop/remove
the file from being scanned by checkpatch?

> These headers are, as expected, not
> in unified diff format. So, don't complain about unified diff format for
> these header files.