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checkpatch: reduce MAINTAINERS update message frequency

When files are being added/moved/deleted and a patch contains an update to
the MAINTAINERS file, assume it's to update the MAINTAINERS file correctly
and do not emit the "does MAINTAINERS need updating?" message.

Reported by many people.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Joe Perches 10 years ago
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      scripts/checkpatch.pl

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scripts/checkpatch.pl

@@ -2082,6 +2082,12 @@ sub process {
 			$in_commit_log = 0;
 		}
 
+# Check if MAINTAINERS is being updated.  If so, there's probably no need to
+# emit the "does MAINTAINERS need updating?" message on file add/move/delete
+		if ($line =~ /^\s*MAINTAINERS\s*\|/) {
+			$reported_maintainer_file = 1;
+		}
+
 # Check signature styles
 		if (!$in_header_lines &&
 		    $line =~ /^(\s*)([a-z0-9_-]+by:|$signature_tags)(\s*)(.*)/i) {