A naive code compliance checker. Invoke directly:
contrib/scripts/checkpatch.pl 0001-switch-comments-to-klingon.patch
contrib/scripts/checkpatch.pl hello.[ch] world.c
Use from a commit hook:
echo 'git format-patch --stdout -1 |contrib/scripts/checkpatch.pl || :>' \
>.git/hooks/post-commit
Or view the documentation with "perldoc contrib/scripts/checkpatch.pl"