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Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:46:56 +0100
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Subject: Re: checkpatch induced patches...
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Am 11.02.2015 um 23:43 schrieb Dan Carpenter:
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 12:43:03PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
>> Maybe some help/warning text like:
>>
>>   --force                    Without --force, checkpatch will not scan files
>>                              using -f or --file outside of drivers/staging/...
>>                              Do not use this option merely to create potential
>>                              patches that are uncompiled or untested.
> 
> Everyone compiles their patches hopefully?  The problem is with patches
> that aren't really a cleanup but are just done to make checkpatch happy.
> 
> I guess documenting --force is better than not documenting.

Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and when it is bad, it is better than nothing. -- Dick Brandon

Thanks,
//richard