From 895ec1956a1d8e4338760afae4e62829ba53ea7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick O'Neill <patrick@rivosinc.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 11:30:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] check_GNU_style.py: Skip .md square bracket linting

This testcase causes lots of false-positives for machine description files.

contrib/ChangeLog:

	* check_GNU_style_lib.py: Skip machine description file bracket linting.

Signed-off-by: Patrick O'Neill <patrick@rivosinc.com>
---
 contrib/check_GNU_style_lib.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/contrib/check_GNU_style_lib.py b/contrib/check_GNU_style_lib.py
index 94a742941cfc..5096b1333f37 100755
--- a/contrib/check_GNU_style_lib.py
+++ b/contrib/check_GNU_style_lib.py
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ class SquareBracketCheck:
         self.re = re.compile('\w\s+(\[)')
 
     def check(self, filename, lineno, line):
+        if filename.endswith('.md'):
+            return None
+
         m = self.re.search(line)
         if m != None:
             return CheckError(filename, lineno,
-- 
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