Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Fix MAINTAINERS search pattern

[Joe Perches]

On Fri, 2014-12-19 at 02:34 +0000, Chickles, Derek wrote:
> > On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 12:12 -0800, Derek Chickles wrote:
> > > This fixes the check that was supposed to prevent the MAINTAINERS
> > > warning from appearing when you run checkpatch.pl on a patch that
> > > includes new files/directories and an updated MAINTAINERS file.
> > 
> > This suggested patch doesn't work.
> > 
> > $realfile isn't set until the file shows up
> > in the patch itself.
> > 
> > The current test looks at the changelog
> > before the files are modified and is correct.
> > 
> 
> Thanks, you're right. My mistake was trying to run checkpatch.pl on a diff.
> My patch works on diffs while the original code does not. This is by chance
> really because MAINTAINERS is early in the patch. Using format-patch on
> something that is committed is clearly the correct solution.

Both tests can be used.

Send another patch without deleting the first test
and that'd be good to me.


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