From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: allow not using -f with files that are in git If a file exists in git and checkpatch is used without the -f flag for scanning a file, then checkpatch will scan the file assuming it's a patch and emit: ERROR: Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch Change the behavior to assume the -f flag if the file exists in git. [joe@xxxxxxxxxxx: fix git "fatal" warning if file argument outside kernel tree] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/b6afa04112d450c2fc120a308d706acd60cee294.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/45b81a48e1568bd0126a96f5046eb7aaae9b83c9.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-allow-not-using-f-with-files-that-are-in-git +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -974,6 +974,16 @@ sub seed_camelcase_includes { } } +sub git_is_single_file { + my ($filename) = @_; + + return 0 if ((which("git") eq "") || !(-e "$gitroot")); + + my $output = `${git_command} ls-files -- $filename 2>/dev/null`; + my $count = $output =~ tr/\n//; + return $count eq 1 && $output =~ m{^${filename}$}; +} + sub git_commit_info { my ($commit, $id, $desc) = @_; @@ -1047,6 +1057,9 @@ my $vname; $allow_c99_comments = !defined $ignore_type{"C99_COMMENT_TOLERANCE"}; for my $filename (@ARGV) { my $FILE; + my $is_git_file = git_is_single_file($filename); + my $oldfile = $file; + $file = 1 if ($is_git_file); if ($git) { open($FILE, '-|', "git format-patch -M --stdout -1 $filename") || die "$P: $filename: git format-patch failed - $!\n"; @@ -1091,6 +1104,7 @@ for my $filename (@ARGV) { @modifierListFile = (); @typeListFile = (); build_types(); + $file = $oldfile if ($is_git_file); } if (!$quiet) { _
