On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 14:54:05 +0530 Mrinal Pandey <mrinalmni@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > commit b72231eb7084 ("scripts: add spdxcheck.py self test") added the file > spdxcheck-test.sh to the repository without the executable flag and license > information. The x bit shouldn't matter. If someone downloads and applies patch-5.9.xz (which is a supported way of obtaining a kernel) then patch(1) will erase the x bit anyway. Is some other script invoking spdxcheck-test.sh directly, instead of using `/bin/sh spdxcheck-test.sh'? If so, please let's fix that.