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From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>,
	Joel Schopp <jschopp@austin.ibm.com>,
	Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
Subject: Re: checkpatch: ERROR: Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:52:29 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071013135229.GB4211@stusta.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710131453530.31913@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>

On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 02:55:01PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> 
> On Oct 13 2007 14:47, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> >On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 02:28:00PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >> scripts/checkpatch.pl doesn't seem to like this patch:
> >> 
> >> $ scripts/checkpatch.pl m68k-export-asm-cachectl-h.diff 
> >> ERROR: Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch
> >>...
> >> --- a/include/asm-m68k/Kbuild
> >> +++ b/include/asm-m68k/Kbuild
> >> @@ -1 +1,2 @@
> >>... ^^
> >
> >Broken patch, this has to be "-1,1".
> 
> No, this is actually how diff outputs it.
>...

You seem to be right.

That's a really strange part of the unidiff format - you have to write
",0" or ",2", but you can omit a ",1".

cu
Adrian

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        of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
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  reply	other threads:[~2007-10-13 13:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-13 12:28 checkpatch: ERROR: Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch Geert Uytterhoeven
2007-10-13 12:47 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-10-13 12:55   ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-10-13 13:52     ` Adrian Bunk [this message]
2007-10-13 14:47     ` Andy Whitcroft

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