1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/documentation-file-ref-check b/scripts/documentation-file-ref-check
index ff16db269079..440227bb55a9 100755
--- a/scripts/documentation-file-ref-check
+++ b/scripts/documentation-file-ref-check
@@ -22,9 +22,16 @@ $scriptname =~ s,.*/([^/]+/),$1,;
 # Parse arguments
 my $help = 0;
 my $fix = 0;
+my $warn = 0;
+
+if (! -d ".git") {
+        printf "Warning: can't check if file exists, as this is not a git tree";
+        exit 0;
+}
 
 GetOptions(
         'fix' => \$fix,
+        'warn' => \$warn,
         'h|help|usage' => \$help,
 );
 
@@ -139,6 +146,8 @@ while (<IN>) {
                         if (!($ref =~ m/(scripts|Kconfig|Kbuild)/)) {
                                 $broken_ref{$ref}++;
                         }
+                } elsif ($warn) {
+                        print STDERR "Warning: $f references a file that doesn't exist: $fulref\n";
                 } else {
                         print STDERR "$f: $fulref\n";
                 }