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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 84bdf53af7..5506502cf4 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1390,6 +1390,12 @@ sub process { } } +# Check if MAINTAINERS is being updated. If so, there's probably no need to +# emit the "does MAINTAINERS need updating?" message on file add/move/delete + if ($line =~ /^\s*MAINTAINERS\s*\|/) { + $reported_maintainer_file = 1; + } + # Check for added, moved or deleted files if (!$reported_maintainer_file && !$in_commit_log && ($line =~ /^(?:new|deleted) file mode\s*\d+\s*$/ || |