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| author | Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> | 2014-08-07 03:10:59 +0400 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-08-07 05:01:28 +0400 |
| commit | 13f1937ef33950b1112049972249e6191b82e6c9 (patch) | |
| tree | dba316604279ac779331517b8d3b331704121f79 /scripts | |
| parent | d311cd44545f2f69749c68d6723360b4cc21cd02 (diff) | |
| download | linux-13f1937ef33950b1112049972249e6191b82e6c9.tar.xz | |
checkpatch: emit a warning on file add/move/delete
Whenever files are added, moved, or deleted, the MAINTAINERS file
patterns can be out of sync or outdated.
To try to keep MAINTAINERS more up-to-date, add a one-time warning
whenever a patch does any of those.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Acked-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 496f9abdb930..0cf8b98d8dc9 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1679,7 +1679,7 @@ sub process { my $in_header_lines = $file ? 0 : 1; my $in_commit_log = 0; #Scanning lines before patch - + my $reported_maintainer_file = 0; my $non_utf8_charset = 0; my $last_blank_line = 0; @@ -2012,6 +2012,17 @@ sub process { "Please use 12 to 16 chars for the git commit ID like: '${init_char}ommit $id (\"$desc\")'\n" . $herecurr); } +# Check for added, moved or deleted files + if (!$reported_maintainer_file && !$in_commit_log && + ($line =~ /^(?:new|deleted) file mode\s*\d+\s*$/ || + $line =~ /^rename (?:from|to) [\w\/\.\-]+\s*$/ || + ($line =~ /\{\s*([\w\/\.\-]*)\s*\=\>\s*([\w\/\.\-]*)\s*\}/ && + (defined($1) || defined($2))))) { + $reported_maintainer_file = 1; + WARN("FILE_PATH_CHANGES", + "added, moved or deleted file(s), does MAINTAINERS need updating?\n" . $herecurr); + } + # Check for wrappage within a valid hunk of the file if ($realcnt != 0 && $line !~ m{^(?:\+|-| |\\ No newline|$)}) { ERROR("CORRUPTED_PATCH", |