Make an exception for the "Does not appear to be a unified-diff" error when scanning what appears to be git generated cover letters.
Suggested-by: Rasmus Villemoes <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <[email protected]> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index c8032a0..da417b6 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -5563,7 +5563,7 @@ sub process { exit(0); } - if (!$is_patch) { + if (!$is_patch && $file !~ /cover-letter\.patch$/) { ERROR("NOT_UNIFIED_DIFF", "Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch\n"); } -- 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/
