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| author | Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> | 2016-05-20 17:04:11 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2016-05-20 17:58:30 -0700 |
| commit | ef212196369cbc2e694eab39261f9785ec252028 (patch) | |
| tree | 94b14851ebad432d6874d4f224ac35be07042868 /scripts/checkpatch.pl | |
| parent | 481aea5c59a57123b66d5850be1be79f9f230c0e (diff) | |
checkpatch: advertise the --fix and --fix-inplace options more
The --fix option is relatively unknown and underutilized.
Add some text to show that it's available when style defects are found.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/checkpatch.pl')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 1048672c22ee..f09c3f28b0fe 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -5975,6 +5975,14 @@ sub process { } if ($quiet == 0) { + # If there were any defects found and not already fixing them + if (!$clean and !$fix) { + print << "EOM" + +NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to + mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace. +EOM + } # If there were whitespace errors which cleanpatch can fix # then suggest that. if ($rpt_cleaners) { |