Acked by: Bret Barkelew <bret.barkelew@microsoft.com>

 

- Bret

 

From: pierre.gondois@arm.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 5:21 AM
To: devel@edk2.groups.io; sami.mujawar@arm.com; leif@nuviainc.com; ardb+tianocore@kernel.org; Sean Brogan; Bret Barkelew
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [PATCH v1 10/12] .pytool: Document LicenseCheck and EccCheck

 

From: Pierre Gondois <Pierre.Gondois@arm.com>

Add an entry in the documentation for the LicenseCheck and
EccCheck plugins.

Signed-off-by: Pierre Gondois <Pierre.Gondois@arm.com>
---
 .pytool/Readme.md | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.pytool/Readme.md b/.pytool/Readme.md
index eca86c6a822d..f6505507966a 100644
--- a/.pytool/Readme.md
+++ b/.pytool/Readme.md
@@ -254,6 +254,16 @@ Install
 
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+### License Checking - LicenseCheck
+
+Scans all new added files in a package to make sure code is contributed under
+BSD-2-Clause-Patent.
+
+### Ecc tool - EccCheck
+
+Run the Ecc tool on the package. The Ecc tool is available in the BaseTools
+package. It checks that the code complies to the EDKII coding standard.
+
 ## PyTool Scopes
 
 Scopes are how the PyTool ext_dep, path_env, and plugins are activated.  Meaning
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