[RFC PATCH] checkpatch: Discourage use with --f/--file outside of drivers/staging ?

2018-07-23 Thread Joe Perches
Perhaps some patch like this could help reduce the number of ill-considered checkpatch submissions for files outside of drivers/staging/ Concept and message wordsmithing appreciated... --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl

[RFC PATCH] checkpatch: Discourage use with --f/--file outside of drivers/staging ?

2018-07-23 Thread Joe Perches
Perhaps some patch like this could help reduce the number of ill-considered checkpatch submissions for files outside of drivers/staging/ Concept and message wordsmithing appreciated... --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl