+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
# Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium OS Authors.
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
-#
What is this?
=============
The checkpatch.pl in the U-Boot tools/ subdirectory will be located and
used. Failing that you can put it into your path or ~/bin/checkpatch.pl
+If you want to avoid sending patches to email addresses that are picked up
+by patman but are known to bounce you can add a [bounces] section to your
+.patman file. Unlike the [alias] section these are simple key: value pairs
+that are not recursive.
+
+>>>
+
+[bounces]
+gonefishing: Fred Bloggs <f.bloggs@napier.net>
+
+<<<
+
If you want to change the defaults for patman's command-line arguments,
you can add a [settings] section to your .patman file. This can be used
ignore_errors: True
process_tags: False
verbose: True
+smtp_server: /path/to/sendmail
<<<
How to install it
=================
-The most up to date version of patman can be found in the U-boot sources.
+The most up to date version of patman can be found in the U-Boot sources.
However to use it on other projects it may be more convenient to install it as
a standalone application. A distutils installer is included, this can be used
to install patman: