Creating patches for files or modifying existing patches can be a bit easier when lines need to be added or deleted.
Here's a start at that. There are still false positives for things like For example, this can be useful for staging where blank lines after declarations are desired. For instance: (using --strict also enables multiple blank line removals) for a single file: $ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f --fix-inplace --strict --types=line_spacing \ drivers/staging/android/binder.c $ git diff --shortstat drivers/staging/android/binder.c 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) for all files in drivers/staging: $ git ls-files "drivers/staging/*.[ch]" | \ xargs ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f --fix-inplace --strict --types=line_spacing $ git diff --shortstat drivers/staging/ 1028 files changed, 2513 insertions(+), 3540 deletions(-) There are still some false positives like: drivers/staging/ced1401/use14_ioc.h where an old Microsoftism for FAR is used. The test adds an unnecessary blank line there. So, as ever, this is just a convenience function. Don't rely on it. Joe Perches (2): checkpatch: Add an index variable for fixed lines checkpatch: Add ability to insert and delete lines to patch/file scripts/checkpatch.pl | 255 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 190 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-) -- 1.8.1.2.459.gbcd45b4.dirty -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
