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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Remove --file option
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On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 03:46:29PM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> As capable kernel hacker you can still use a command like:
> diff -urN /dev/null $file | ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -

Or he could just use the existing -f flag.  I really don't understand
why you're trying to educate people by taking their toy away.  They'll
find another one in no time anyway.