Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: add switch to turn off check for Change-Id

[Joe Perches]

On Tue, 2016-03-01 at 21:49 +0000, Pottratz, Dwane wrote:
> Good to know.  Thx. 

Andrew picked this up, but it might be better to remove your
patch and just use the --ignore option as --ignore is generic
and your patch just duplicates the capability.


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> From: Joe Perches [mailto:joe@xxxxxxxxxxx] ;
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: add switch to turn off check for
> Change-Id
> 
> On Tue, 2016-03-01 at 18:37 +0000, Pottratz, Dwane wrote:
> > 
> > A commit hook for the Gerrit code review servers inserts change 
> > identifiers.  These identifiers are noise in the context of the 
> > upstream kernel.  However, they are needed in most development 
> > environments and the error needs to be ignored for static analysis 
> > tools.
> btw: another way to do this is to use the --ignore <foo-list> option.
> 
> $ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl --ignore gerrit_change_id <patch>
>