From 08e4436566250cb98b3f3ac37643b1cf09481256 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alberto Panizzo Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 13:43:54 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: warn if an adding line introduce spaces before tabs. Signed-off-by: Alberto Panizzo Cc: Andy Whitcroft Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 1a93ac2..cf4e44c 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1422,6 +1422,12 @@ sub process { ERROR("code indent should use tabs where possible\n" . $herevet); } +# check for space before tabs. + if ($rawline =~ /^\+/ && $rawline =~ / \t/) { + my $herevet = "$here\n" . cat_vet($rawline) . "\n"; + WARN("please, no space before tabs\n" . $herevet); + } + # check we are in a valid C source file if not then ignore this hunk next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c)$/); -- 2.7.4