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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index dfd265e036f3..e3b7362b0ee4 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2377,6 +2377,14 @@ sub process {
my $rawline = $rawlines[$linenr - 1];
+# check if it's a mode change, rename or start of a patch
+ if (!$in_commit_log &&
+ ($line =~ /^ mode change [0-7]+ => [0-7]+ \S+\s*$/ ||
+ ($line =~ /^rename (?:from|to) \S+\s*$/ ||
+ $line =~ /^diff --git a\/[\w\/\.\_\-]+ b\/\S+\s*$/))) {
+ $is_patch = 1;
+ }
+
#extract the line range in the file after the patch is applied
if (!$in_commit_log &&
$line =~ /^\@\@ -\d+(?:,\d+)? \+(\d+)(,(\d+))? \@\@(.*)/) {