Re: Exclude paths from checkpatch (was: Re: [PATCH] Add minimal Hexagon target)

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 19/11/19 09:51, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> 
> $ cat .git/hooks/pre-commit
> #!/bin/bash
> exec git diff --cached -- ':(top)' $(test -e .checkpatchignore && sed
> -ne '/^\(#.*\|$\)/ ! s/.*/:(exclude)\0/p' < .checkpatchignore) |
> scripts/checkpatch.pl --no-signoff -q -
> 
> $ cat .checkpatchignore
> # A line starting with # serves as a comment.
> # A blank line matches no files, so it can serve as a separator for
> readability.
> include/standard-headers
> target/xtensa/core-*
> target/hexagon/imported
> 
> Would this be acceptable to reduce patchew false positives?
> 
> git exclude pathspec trick from:
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39931781/git-diff-stat-exclude-certain-files/39937070#39937070
> 

Could support for this be added directly to checkpatch, instead?

Paolo