Re: [PATCH 2/2] checkpatch: Don't check for unified diff format in git sendemail headers

[Saravana Kannan]

On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 12:54 AM Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2024-02-21 at 21:15 -0800, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> > When checkpatch is used as a git sendemail-validate hook, it's also passed
> > in the email header for sanity check.
>
> Why?
>
> If so, why not use a front-end script to stop/remove
> the file from being scanned by checkpatch?

Sure, I could do that. But this also makes it easier for people to
start using checkpatch. Or I can put up a git hook wrapper script in
here for people to symlink into their .git/hooks that does this.

I'd prefer the lazy route of not creating a 1 line wrapper script :)

-Saravana

>
> > These headers are, as expected, not
> > in unified diff format. So, don't complain about unified diff format for
> > these header files.
>