[PATCH] reformat_with_checkpatch: Add automation to checkpatch

Greg KH gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Sat Jul 12 01:34:44 UTC 2014


On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 06:21:27PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> A simple script to run checkpatch --fix for various types of
> of cleanups.
> 
> This script is useful primarily for staging.
> 
> This reformats code to a more CodingStyle conforming style,
> compiles it, verifies that the object code hasn't changed,
> and git commits it too.

And 'git commits' it?  Heh, I should just run this myself to clean up
staging and beat everyone else to it...

I know some people already have private versions of these things, might
as well make it public for all to abuse :)

thanks,

greg k-h


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