Commit ef212196 authored May 20, 2016 by Joe Perches Committed by Linus Torvalds May 20, 2016

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>

parent 481aea5c

scripts/checkpatch.pl

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		@@ -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) {