Peter Maydell <peter.mayd...@linaro.org> writes: > On 21 January 2013 19:21, Anthony Liguori <aligu...@us.ibm.com> wrote: >> Peter Maydell <peter.mayd...@linaro.org> writes: >>> On 21 January 2013 16:48, Anthony Liguori <aligu...@us.ibm.com> wrote: >>>> This makes it easier to use checkpatch with a git hook or via patches. > >>> Any chance of a note in the comments about how to actually hook >>> it up to a git hook or patches? > >> That was sort of a theoritical statement. Normally you would use a >> pre-hook to do this and just use a git diff. I assume you can use a >> post-receive hook with this script but I'm not sure that's relevant to >> anyone other than me. > > Well, the implication of putting the script into the qemu git repo > is that it's a useful tool for people other than you. So it should > be possible to add a brief description of how it's useful. If it's > not useful for anybody else then you should keep it in your own > local config :-)
$ scripts/check-patches.sh origin/master..HEAD On your topic branch before submission. I don't use commit hooks because that would be annoying. It's a darn simple script though so unless you don't know what a refspec is it shouldn't need much explanation. Regards, Anthony Liguori > > -- PMM
