Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: add support for checking patch from git repository

[Sebastian Reichel]

Hi,

On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 04:22:45AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Sun, 2016-04-24 at 18:40 +0800, changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: "Du, Changbin" <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > This patch add "-g, --git" option that tread FILE as git commits
> > expression. You can specify the git commit hash ID expressions,
> > then these commits from your git repository will be checked.
> 
> Why would anyone want to use checkpatch on commits already in git?

It may be in some non-public development branch. Usually when I
write patches I open a file, change it and commit the result or even
interim result to have backups and other git features available as
soon as possible. All testing is done later.

So IMHO this is a really useful feature.

-- Sebastian

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