[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] scripts: add git hook scripts for checkpatch and auto doc generation

[Ferruh Yigit]

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 06:44:36PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> Thanks for the idea
> 
> 2015-11-06 13:48, Ferruh Yigit:
> > post-merge: Same script as "post-commit", but triggered after git pull
> 
> A symbolic link would be sufficient.
> As it must be installed in the git hooks (probably making a symbolic link),
> duplicating the file is not needed at all.
> 
OK

> > pre-commit: Does a checkpatch check before commit started. If script
> > finds any error it will print warnings and fails. If  checkpatch
> > fails commit also fails. This guaranties every commit pass checkpatch.
> > Default script is <dpdk>/scripts/checkpatch.pl but this can be
> > changed by RTE_CHECKPATCH environment variable. Also a default list
> > of checkpatch ignore items defined, new ones can be added by IGNORE
> > environment variable.
> 
> Please use the new scripts/checkpatches.sh:
> http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/9036/
> 
OK, better to use that script, to prevent duplicated IGNORE flag and checkpatch.pl location maintenance.

> > This script can bypassed by commit "--no-verify" argument.
> 
> Could you document the --no-verify option in the script?
> 
This is git feature, with that flag script not called at all, I will add this comment into script.

> > Deployment:
> > To make scripts active they need to be in <dpdk>/.git/hooks folder.
> > Alternatively "deploy.sh" script can be used, it simply copies all
> > scripts into proper folder. Script names are significant and
> > shouldn't changed.
> 
> Why not using symbolic links?
> 
Yes we can use symbolic links.

I will send updated patch.

Thanks for the review,
ferruh