From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: disallow --git and --file/--fix Don't allow these options to be combined. Miscellanea: o Add missing $P: to some die("reason message") output Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/3dc7bdaa58490f5906efc11a4d6113e42a087723.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-disallow-git-and-file-fix +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ list_types(0) if ($list_types); $fix = 1 if ($fix_inplace); $check_orig = $check; +die "$P: --git cannot be used with --file or --fix\n" if ($git && ($file || $fix)); + my $exit = 0; my $perl_version_ok = 1; @@ -269,11 +271,11 @@ if ($color =~ /^[01]$/) { } elsif ($color =~ /^auto$/i) { $color = (-t STDOUT); } else { - die "Invalid color mode: $color\n"; + die "$P: Invalid color mode: $color\n"; } # skip TAB size 1 to avoid additional checks on $tabsize - 1 -die "Invalid TAB size: $tabsize\n" if ($tabsize < 2); +die "$P: Invalid TAB size: $tabsize\n" if ($tabsize < 2); sub hash_save_array_words { my ($hashRef, $arrayRef) = @_; _