Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] checkpatch: add a little script to run checkpatch against a git refspec

[Peter Maydell]

On 21 January 2013 19:21, Anthony Liguori <address@hidden> wrote:
> Peter Maydell <address@hidden> writes:
>> On 21 January 2013 16:48, Anthony Liguori <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> This makes it easier to use checkpatch with a git hook or via patches.

>> Any chance of a note in the comments about how to actually hook
>> it up to a git hook or patches?

> That was sort of a theoritical statement.  Normally you would use a
> pre-hook to do this and just use a git diff.  I assume you can use a
> post-receive hook with this script but I'm not sure that's relevant to
> anyone other than me.

Well, the implication of putting the script into the qemu git repo
is that it's a useful tool for people other than you. So it should
be possible to add a brief description of how it's useful. If it's
not useful for anybody else then you should keep it in your own
local config :-)

-- PMM