Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch.pl: warn on invalid commit id

[Andrew Morton]

On Fri, 26 Jul 2019 03:17:32 +0200 Matteo Croce <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > > If .git is not found, the check is disabled
> > 
> > We could permit user to set an environment variable to tell checkpatch
> > where the kernel git tree resides.
> > 
> 
> Maybe GIT_DIR already does it.

Yes, that works.  GIT_DIR=<wherever>/.git