Re: [PATCH v4 69/78] ncr5380: Fix whitespace in comments using regexp

One Thousand Gnomes
2016-01-03T14:10:51Z

On Sat, 02 Jan 2016 23:54:28 -0800
Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 2016-01-03 at 16:06 +1100, Finn Thain wrote:
> > Hanging indentation was a poor choice for the text inside comments. It
> > has been used in the wrong places and done badly elsewhere. There is
> > little consistency within any file. One fork of the core driver uses
> > tabs for this indentation while the other uses spaces. Better to use
> > flush-left alignment throughout.
> >
> > This patch is the result of the following substitution. It replaces tabs
> > and spaces at the start of a comment line with a single space.
> >
> > perl -i -pe 's,^(\t*[/ ]\*)[ \t]+,$1 ,' drivers/scsi/{atari_,}NCR5380.c
> >
> > This removes some unimportant discrepancies between the two core driver
> > forks so that the important ones become obvious, to facilitate
> > reunification.
>
> I still think this patch is poor at best and
> overall not useful.

I would beg to differ. As a tool for understanding the differences as you
step through the versions it's invaluable.

Alan