[Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH v3] checkpatch: add new exception to repeated word check

[Dwaipayan Ray]

> Why include a + character here?
>
Hi,
I tried it without + first, but then lines like
"The the repeated word."
didn't register a warning.

I think checkpatch adds a + to the line when used on
files. Am not sure but my $rawline was:
+The the repeated word.

> Please use "next if (test);" to be similar to the other uses above.
>
> And this doesn't work on end of phrase or sentence.
>
> ie: "my sentence is is, a duplicate word word."
>
> so $end_char could be a comma or a period.
>
> so likely the $end_char test should be !~
>

I tried on "my sentence is is, a duplicate word word.",
and got the following:

WARNING: Possible repeated word: 'is'
#8: FILE: MAINTAINERS:8:
+my sentence is is, a duplicate word word.

WARNING: Possible repeated word: 'word'
#8: FILE: MAINTAINERS:8:
+my sentence is is, a duplicate word word.

Am I doing something wrong?

> What is the reason to add and use $exclude_chars?
>
I am comparing both start_char and end_char to find
whether they have the characters which will exclude them
from repeated word check. So i am keeping the common
variable to match from. I thought I would do that so that
more exceptions could be added later on easily.

I might be wrong in doing that. What do you think?

Thanks,
Dwaipayan.