If the input file for checkpatch.pl is not a patch, print an error message
that suggets -f.
Signed-off-by: Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@xxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 3257d3d..d5405aa 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2693,7 +2693,7 @@ sub process {
}
if (!$is_patch) {
- ERROR("Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch\n");
+ ERROR("Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch. Add -f?\n");
}
if ($is_patch && $chk_signoff && $signoff == 0) {
ERROR("Missing Signed-off-by: line(s)\n");
--
1.6.6.1
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