After this commit: commit 62be257e986dab439537b3e1c19ef746a13e1860 Author: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Date: Tue Apr 30 06:51:30 2019 -0400 LICENSES: Rename other to deprecated checkpatch throws an error: [/usr/src/linux-next]2 scripts/checkpatch.pl -f drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_rf.h FAIL: "Blob or Tree named 'other' not found" Traceback (most recent call last): File "scripts/spdxcheck.py", line 240, in <module> spdx = read_spdxdata(repo) File "scripts/spdxcheck.py", line 41, in read_spdxdata for el in lictree[d].traverse(): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/git/objects/tree.py", line 298, in __getitem__ return self.join(item) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/git/objects/tree.py", line 244, in join raise KeyError(msg % file) KeyError: "Blob or Tree named 'other' not found" Fix directory search list. Pick up the new LICENSES/dual while we're there... Reported-by: Deepak Mishra <linux.dkm@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu> diff --git a/scripts/spdxcheck.py b/scripts/spdxcheck.py index 4fe392e507fb..7abd5f5cb14d 100755 --- a/scripts/spdxcheck.py +++ b/scripts/spdxcheck.py @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import os def read_spdxdata(repo): # The subdirectories of LICENSES in the kernel source - license_dirs = [ "preferred", "other", "exceptions" ] + license_dirs = [ "preferred", "dual", "deprecated", "exceptions" ] lictree = repo.head.commit.tree['LICENSES'] spdx = SPDXdata()