[PATCH 2/5] doc: Move coccinelle into its own section

Heinrich Schuchardt xypron.glpk at gmx.de
Thu Jul 22 07:53:40 CEST 2021


On 7/22/21 5:35 AM, Simon Glass wrote:
> This tool has nothing to do with testing. It is for refactoring code
> automatically using a 'semantic patch' tool.
>
> Create a new section for 'refactoring' and move it into there. It is
> likely that other topics may fall under the same heading, such as
> using moveconfig and search/replace tools.
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> ---
> This patch was submitted previously:
>
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/patch/20210304135118.643277-38-sjg@chromium.org/
>
> It was rejected, but I think that was incorrect.
>
>   doc/develop/index.rst | 9 ++++++++-
>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/develop/index.rst b/doc/develop/index.rst
> index 901d39f4564..2bd7c4a1a3a 100644
> --- a/doc/develop/index.rst
> +++ b/doc/develop/index.rst
> @@ -41,7 +41,14 @@ Testing
>      :maxdepth: 1
>
>      testing
> -   coccinelle
>      py_testing
>      tests_writing
>      tests_sandbox
> +
> +Refactoring
> +-----------

Coccinelle is used to detect common coding issues (e.g. using 0 instead
of NULL for pointers). How does this relate to refactoring?

Best regards

Heinrich

> +
> +.. toctree::
> +   :maxdepth: 1
> +
> +   coccinelle
>



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