From: Richard Hartmann Subject: [PATCH 1/3] SCRIPTS: Better error message for checkpath.pl Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:40:52 +0100 Message-ID: <1265762453-21083-1-git-send-email-richih.mailinglist@gmail.com> Cc: Richard Hartmann , Andy Whitcroft , Andrew Morton , Daniel Walker , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mail-vw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.212.46]:48883 "EHLO mail-vw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752273Ab0BJAla (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Feb 2010 19:41:30 -0500 Sender: linux-crypto-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: If the input file for checkpatch.pl is not a patch, print an error message that suggets -f. Signed-off-by: Richard Hartmann --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 3257d3d..d5405aa 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2693,7 +2693,7 @@ sub process { } if (!$is_patch) { - ERROR("Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch\n"); + ERROR("Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch. Add -f?\n"); } if ($is_patch && $chk_signoff && $signoff == 0) { ERROR("Missing Signed-off-by: line(s)\n"); -- 1.6.6.1