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Subject: Re: update checkpatch.pl to version 0.19
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 > The issue I have is I have a comprehensive test suite which is kept in
 > lock step with checkpatch itself, all in my own tree.  Now that is just
 > noise for mainline.  What I want to be able to do is keep that in lock
 > step with developments in my tree, but not merge it upstream.  So far
 > I've not found a workable solution with git for that.

>>From my naive point of view: why wouldn't we want a test suite upstream,
if one is already written?

 - R.