checkpatch: fix detection of git repository
Since git v1.7.7, the .git directory can be a file when, for example,
the kernel is a submodule of another git super project. So, the check
"-d .git" is not working anymore in this case. Using a more generic
check like "-e .git" corrects this behaviour.
Signed-off-by: Richard Genoud <richard.genoud@gmail.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 0ea2a1e..464dcef 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@
$camelcase_seeded = 1;
- if (-d ".git") {
+ if (-e ".git") {
my $git_last_include_commit = `git log --no-merges --pretty=format:"%h%n" -1 -- include`;
chomp $git_last_include_commit;
$camelcase_cache = ".checkpatch-camelcase.git.$git_last_include_commit";
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@
return;
}
- if (-d ".git") {
+ if (-e ".git") {
$files = `git ls-files "include/*.h"`;
@include_files = split('\n', $files);
}