checkpatch: reduce MAINTAINERS update message frequency

When files are being added/moved/deleted and a patch contains an update to
the MAINTAINERS file, assume it's to update the MAINTAINERS file correctly
and do not emit the "does MAINTAINERS need updating?" message.

Reported by many people.

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>
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Joe Perches 2014-12-10 15:51:49 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent abb08a5388
commit e0d975b1b4
1 changed files with 6 additions and 0 deletions

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@ -2082,6 +2082,12 @@ sub process {
$in_commit_log = 0;
}
# Check if MAINTAINERS is being updated. If so, there's probably no need to
# emit the "does MAINTAINERS need updating?" message on file add/move/delete
if ($line =~ /^\s*MAINTAINERS\s*\|/) {
$reported_maintainer_file = 1;
}
# Check signature styles
if (!$in_header_lines &&
$line =~ /^(\s*)([a-z0-9_-]+by:|$signature_tags)(\s*)(.*)/i) {