Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: use tab instead of spaces

From: Joe Perches
Date: Sun Feb 10 2019 - 20:54:14 EST


On Sun, 2019-02-10 at 19:10 +0100, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> Mimi Zohar used spaces instead of a tab when adding Jarkko Sakkinen as
> further maintainer to the KEYS-TRUSTED section entry. So, we rectify this
> with this commit.
>
> The issue was detected when writing a script that parses MAINTAINERS.

checkpatch already does that btw:

$ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f MAINTAINERS
WARNING: MAINTAINERS entries use one tab after TYPE:
#8408: FILE: MAINTAINERS:8408:
+M: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

WARNING: MAINTAINERS entries use one tab after TYPE:
#12607: FILE: MAINTAINERS:12607:
+M: Ilia Lin <ilia.lin@xxxxxxxxx>

WARNING: MAINTAINERS entries use one tab after TYPE:
#12608: FILE: MAINTAINERS:12608:
+L: linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

WARNING: MAINTAINERS entries use one tab after TYPE:
#12609: FILE: MAINTAINERS:12609:
+S: Maintained

WARNING: MAINTAINERS entries use one tab after TYPE:
#12610: FILE: MAINTAINERS:12610:
+F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/opp/kryo-cpufreq.txt

WARNING: MAINTAINERS entries use one tab after TYPE:
#12611: FILE: MAINTAINERS:12611:
+F: drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-kryo.c

total: 0 errors, 6 warnings, 16993 lines checked

NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to
mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace