Re: [Qemu-trivial] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] checkpatch: Exempt long URLs

[Eric Blake]

On 02/22/2018 03:58 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> Sometimes, we want to refer to really long URLs, but checkpatch
> balks, and we have to manually bypass the check.  URL shorterners

s/shorterners/shorteners/

(Is it bad when I spell-check my own patches?)

> may be nice at reducing long links, but it's hard to guarantee the
> shortened link will live as long as the real target, and it is
> also nice to see the original target without having to load the
> shortened URL through a browser.  So exempt a line containing
> only a URL from the long-line syntax check.
>
> Suggested-by: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
> ---

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