checkpatch: Reduce MAINTAINERS update message frequency

PATCH New Joe Perches 1 participant 1 message Oct 30, 2014 Checkpatch

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Joe Perches

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2014-10-30 18:48 UTC #0 lore raw

PATCH 1/1 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]>

---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

scripts/checkpatch.pl +6 -0

index 24d6702..41e7db4 100755
@@ -2082,6 +2082,12 @@ sub process {
 			$in_commit_log = 0;
 		}
 
+# 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*\|/) {
+			$reported_maintainer_file = 1;
+		}
+
 # Check signature styles
 		if (!$in_header_lines &&
 		    $line =~ /^(\s*)([a-z0-9_-]+by:|$signature_tags)(\s*)(.*)/i) {