Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: improve error message for p1-check

From: David Rientjes
Date: Thu Oct 27 2011 - 16:11:20 EST


On Wed, 26 Oct 2011, Joe Perches wrote:

> > I mean it only makes sense if both prefixes exist (otherwise patch and
> > git-apply will assume it's not a -p0 patch).
>
> I think we should not care about the prefixes at all,
> only whether or not the patched file exists.
>

Nack, there's nothing wrong with storing original files that you're
modifying in a subdirectory with a name of your choice in the kernel tree.
It doesn't imply a -p0 patch unless both prefixes appear and that's the
best indication that it appears in both the patch author and patch
applier's tree whereas the file being modified is ambiguous.
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