Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Fix MAINTAINERS search pattern

From: Joe Perches
Date: Thu Dec 18 2014 - 16:18:03 EST


On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 12:12 -0800, Derek Chickles wrote:
> This fixes the check that was supposed to prevent the MAINTAINERS
> warning from appearing when you run checkpatch.pl on a patch that
> includes new files/directories and an updated MAINTAINERS file.

This suggested patch doesn't work.

$realfile isn't set until the file shows up
in the patch itself.

The current test looks at the changelog
before the files are modified and is correct.


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