checkpatch: avoid NOT_UNIFIED_DIFF errors on cover-letter.patch files

Make an exception for the "Does not appear to be a unified-diff" error
when scanning what appears to be git generated cover letters.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Suggested-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Joe Perches 2015-06-25 15:03:11 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent f1a6367855
commit 06330fc40e
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -5614,7 +5614,7 @@ sub process {
exit(0);
}
if (!$is_patch) {
if (!$is_patch && $file !~ /cover-letter\.patch$/) {
ERROR("NOT_UNIFIED_DIFF",
"Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch\n");
}