Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: use patch subject when reading from stdin

[Joe Perches]

On Tue, 2019-10-08 at 20:39 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
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> > I still think the patch I suggested is better as it
> > functions for other use cases too.
> 
> I agree it would be better if checkpatch would handle the splitting in
> patches itself, as that would be easier for the user.
> 
> However:
>   1) That requires getting the state reset right,

Not really difficult and maybe not necessary.
The process subroutine contains very limited state.
The biggest issue is resetting the "$in_header_lines"
states and such when a new multi-patch bundle
start is detected.  I'm not sure it actually impacts
the checkpatch output much.  Maybe it'd not emit a
>75 character warning when scanning commit log messages.

>   2) Using formail is the classical old UNIX way (combine small tools
>      to get the job done ;-)

Which doesn't impact your use case as formail is
already running checkpatch multiple times.

cheers, Joe