Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 5/9] check-spacing: rewrite whitespace check before (semi)colon

Instead of matching multiple characters, match any occurrence preceded by a single whitespace and handle the exceptions later. --- build-aux/check-spacing.pl | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/build-aux/check-spacing.pl b/build-aux/check-spacing.pl index 83b5898..d693fbe 100755 --- a/build-aux/check-spacing.pl +++ b/build-aux/check-spacing.pl @@ -135,10 +135,13 @@ foreach my $file (@ARGV) { # errno == EINTR) # ; # - if ($data =~ /[^;\s]\s+[;,]/) { - print "Whitespace before (semi)colon:\n"; - print "$file:$.: $line"; - $ret = 1; + if ($data =~ /\s[;,]/) { + unless ($data =~ /\S; ; / || + $data =~ /^\s+;/) { + print "Whitespace before (semi)colon:\n";