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 17:10:15 -0800
From: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>
To: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>, 
	Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>, 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 Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 5:01 PM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2024-02-22 at 16:45 -0800, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 12:54 AM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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?
> >
> > Sure, I could do that. But this also makes it easier for people to
> > start using checkpatch. Or I can put up a git hook wrapper script in
> > here for people to symlink into their .git/hooks that does this.
> >
> > I'd prefer the lazy route of not creating a 1 line wrapper script :)
>
> I'd not.  checkpatch is for _patches_.
> Don't feed stuff to it that isn't patches and expect good results.

Would you be open to being a maintainer if I add a git hook
sendemail-validate wrapper? It feels silly to add myself as a
maintainer for a 1-line script. I'd rather give it to you :)

-Saravana