[PATCH] checkpatch: Reduce MAINTAINERS update message frequency

[Joe Perches]

When files are being added/moved/deleted and a patch contains
an update to the MAINTAINERS file, assume it's to update the
MAINTAINERS file correctly and do not emit the "does MAINTAINERS
need updating?" message.

Reported-by: many people
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 24d6702..41e7db4 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2082,6 +2082,12 @@ sub process {
 			$in_commit_log = 0;
 		}
 
+# Check if MAINTAINERS is being updated.  If so, there's probably no need to
+# emit the "does MAINTAINERS need updating?" message on file add/move/delete
+		if ($line =~ /^\s*MAINTAINERS\s*\|/) {
+			$reported_maintainer_file = 1;
+		}
+
 # Check signature styles
 		if (!$in_header_lines &&
 		    $line =~ /^(\s*)([a-z0-9_-]+by:|$signature_tags)(\s*)(.*)/i) {


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