Re: [GSoC14][RFC] Is there any interest in adding a port of checkpatch.pl to contrib/?

From: Jacopo Notarstefano <jacopo.notarstefano@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 18, 2014, 23:53 UTC
Message-ID: <CAL0uuq3Rgp-7tvqOnN1PX_ZhK3M529MGQB3jcMRMPOTY2JdUng@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqeh1z8fv8.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>

On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 8:29 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> I've never said any such thing.
>
> I only said I am not enthused against a proposal to add a build
> target that runs checkpatch or equivalent over *all* existing code,
> which will invite needless churn (read again the part of the message
> you quoted before I say "I am not enthused").
>
> It is a totally separate issue for submitters to make sure they do
> not introduce *new* problems, and use of "checkpatch --no-tree"
> could be one way to do so.
>

Sorry for misrepresenting your opinion. My summarization algorithm sometimes is _very_ lossy :)