Re: Problem facing while running checkpatch.pl on linux-next tree

Rahul Garg <rahul.lnmiit <at> gmail.com> writes:

Hi All,

I am trying to run checkpatch.pl on linux-next tree's staging folder. But whatever sub directory, I try to run it on. It is giving me the same error for all the files :

ERROR: Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch

I thought that it might be a problem with my git. So I clone the git tree

again.

So can anyone help me, what am I missing ?

Regards Rahul

Dear Rahul, It seems that while running ./script/checkpatch.pl you are missing flags. I think try this command: ./scripts/checkpatch.pl --file --terse ./drivers/staging/comedi/drives/<your file name>