Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: use $root/.git when seeding camel case

[Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>]

On 6/22/2020 3:11 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2020-06-22 at 14:58 -0700, Jacob Keller wrote:
>> When seeding the camel case file, checkpatch.pl uses the $root directory
>> in order to find the acceptable list of allowed camel case words.
>>
>> However, if the current directory is a git repository, checkpatch.pl
>> attempts to seed using the local git directory.
>>
>> This is problematic if checkpatch.pl is passed a --root and is being run
>> from within another git repository. Rather than seeding from the
>> provided root tree, checkpatch.pl will seed using the local files. If
>> the current git repository isn't a kernel tree, this can lead to
>> unexpected warnings about camel case issues.
>>
>> Always honor the $root parameter when seeding camelcase files by using
>> "$root/.git" and changing directory to the $root before invoking git.
> []
>> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> []
>> @@ -919,8 +919,8 @@ sub seed_camelcase_includes {
>>  
>>  	$camelcase_seeded = 1;
>>  
>> -	if (-e ".git") {
>> -		my $git_last_include_commit = `${git_command} log --no-merges --pretty=format:"%h%n" -1 -- include`;
>> +	if (-e "$root/.git") {
>> +		my $git_last_include_commit = `cd $root && ${git_command} log --no-merges --pretty=format:"%h%n" -1 -- include`;
>>  		chomp $git_last_include_commit;
>>  		$camelcase_cache = ".checkpatch-camelcase.git.$git_last_include_commit";
>>  	} else {
>> @@ -947,9 +947,10 @@ sub seed_camelcase_includes {
>>  		return;
>>  	}
>>  
>> -	if (-e ".git") {
>> -		$files = `${git_command} ls-files "include/*.h"`;
>> +	if (-e "$root/.git") {
>> +		$files = `cd $root && ${git_command} ls-files "include/*.h"`;
>>  		@include_files = split('\n', $files);
>> +		@include_files = map("$root/$_", @include_files);
>>  	}
>>  
>>  	foreach my $file (@include_files) {
> 
> checkpatch has 4 uses of ${git_command}
> 
> Maybe git_command should be changed instead.
>
So, in part, I'm not 100% sure. In our use case, it depends on what git
is being used for.

Something like "checkpatch.pl -g HEAD", we would like to target the
local repository. Where as camelcase, we'd like to target the --root
repository.

What if, instead of this, we opt to use the local .git for camelcase
only when $root is non-empty? That way, if --root is applied, camcel
case seeding always uses --root, rather than the local tree.

Something like:

if (-e ".git" && $root eq "") for this block, so then we fall through to
the non-git style instead?

> I wonder how this interacts with the GIT_DIR environment variable.
> 

Probably poorly. I suspect it would end up looking at GIT_DIR instead of
$root/.git, despite the cd.

Thanks,
Jake