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@@ -98,6 +98,22 @@ 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 change the defaults for patman's command-line arguments,
+you can add a [settings] section to your .patman file. This can be used
+for any command line option by referring to the "dest" for the option in
+patman.py. For reference, the useful ones (at the moment) shown below
+(all with the non-default setting):
+
+>>>
+
+[settings]
+ignore_errors: True
+process_tags: False
+verbose: True
+
+<<<
+
+
How to run it
=============
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