+ checkpatch-avoid-not_unified_diff-errors-on-cover-letterpatch-files.patch added to -mm tree

+ checkpatch-avoid-not_unified_diff-errors-on-cover-letterpatch-files.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm]

The patch titled
     Subject: checkpatch: avoid NOT_UNIFIED_DIFF errors on cover-letter.patch files
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     checkpatch-avoid-not_unified_diff-errors-on-cover-letterpatch-files.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-avoid-not_unified_diff-errors-on-cover-letterpatch-files.patch
and later at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-avoid-not_unified_diff-errors-on-cover-letterpatch-files.patch

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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Subject: checkpatch: avoid NOT_UNIFIED_DIFF errors on cover-letter.patch files

Make an exception for the "Does not appear to be a unified-diff" error
when scanning what appears to be git generated cover letters.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Suggested-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-avoid-not_unified_diff-errors-on-cover-letterpatch-files scripts/checkpatch.pl
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-avoid-not_unified_diff-errors-on-cover-letterpatch-files
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5614,7 +5614,7 @@ sub process {
 		exit(0);
 	}
 
-	if (!$is_patch) {
+	if (!$is_patch && $file !~ /cover-letter\.patch$/) {
 		ERROR("NOT_UNIFIED_DIFF",
 		      "Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch\n");
 	}
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@perches.com are

checkpatch-fix-global_initialisers-test.patch
ocfs2-reduce-object-size-of-mlog-uses.patch
ocfs2-reduce-object-size-of-mlog-uses-fix.patch
ocfs2-remove-__mlog_cpu_guess.patch
ocfs2-remove-__mlog_cpu_guess-fix.patch
ocfs2-neaten-do_error-ocfs2_error-and-ocfs2_abort.patch
compiler-gcch-neatening.patch
compiler-gcc-integrate-the-various-compiler-gcch-files.patch
get_maintainerpl-add-get_maintainerignore-file-capability.patch
mm-utilc-add-kstrimdup.patch
checkpatch-check-for-uncommented-waitqueue_active.patch
checkpatch-add-strict-warning-for-c99-fixed-size-typedefs-intsize_t.patch
checkpatch-make-types-found-in-a-source-file-patch-local.patch
checkpatch-use-string-consistently.patch
checkpatch-categorize-some-long-line-length-checks.patch
checkpatch-improve-output-with-multiple-command-line-files.patch
checkpatch-colorize-output-to-terminal.patch
checkpatch-add-showfile-to-allow-input-via-pipe-to-show-filenames.patch
checkpatch-remove-local-from-codespell-path.patch
checkpatch-avoid-not_unified_diff-errors-on-cover-letterpatch-files.patch
linux-next.patch
printk-improve-the-description-of-dev-kmsg-line-format.patch
fs-seq_file-convert-int-seq_vprint-seq_printf-etc-returns-to-void.patch
maintainers-update-sound-soc-intel-patterns.patch
maintainers-update-brcm-dts-pattern.patch
maintainers-update-brcm-gpio-filename-pattern.patch
maintainers-remove-unused-nbdh-pattern.patch
maintainers-move-jens-osterkamp-to-credits.patch
maintainers-bcache-kent-overstreet-has-changed-email-address.patch