Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Remove --file option

[Richard Weinberger]

Am 18.07.2014 15:37, schrieb Guenter Roeck:
> On 07/18/2014 01:23 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 12:29:37AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>>> First, 'abuse' is a relative term. It describes a use you
>>> (and possibly many others) may find objectionable, but that
>>> does not mean all uses are objectionable.
>>
>> Do you actually have a valid use case for keeping the cmdline switch ...
>>
> 
> I find it convenient to be able to check a new file before committing it
> and creating a patch. Also, I find it convenient to be able use it to clean
> up a file before I do heavy lifting with it. Yes, I understand the latter
> is discouraged nowadays, and I would not use it anymore outside my scope
> of responsibility unless specifically asked by the maintainer to do so,
> but in such cases it helps me a lot to be able to address the cleanup
> prior to the heavy lifting.

As capable kernel hacker you can still use a command like:
diff -urN /dev/null $file | ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -

Thanks,
//richard
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