Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: add double empty line check

Andy Whitcroft
2012-11-20T16:36:14Z

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 04:14:17PM +0000, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 06:06:10PM +0200, Eilon Greenstein wrote:
> > I'm only testing the nextline if the current line is newly added. If I
> > got it right, when a line is newly added, the next line can be:
> > a. another new line
> > b. existing line (provided for context)
> > c. Does not exist since this is the end of the file (I missed this one
> > originally)
> >
> > It cannot just jump to the next hunk and it cannot be a deleted line,
> > right?

Oh and in theory at least it could be a - line, though diff never
generates things in that order.

-apw