This is a port of the following commit from the Linux kernel:
commit e0d975b1b439c4fef58fbc306c542c94f48bb849
Author: Joe Perches <[email protected]>
Date: Wed Dec 10 15:51:49 2014 -0800
checkpatch: reduce MAINTAINERS update message frequency
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 <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <[email protected]>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index e1be7b3..555a5b6 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1300,6 +1300,12 @@ sub process {
}
}
+# 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*\|/) {
+ $reported_maintainer_file = 1;
+ }
+
# Check for added, moved or deleted files
if (!$reported_maintainer_file && !$in_commit_log &&
($line =~ /^(?:new|deleted) file mode\s*\d+\s*$/ ||
--
1.8.3.1
