> length, so I think it is better to add dedicated checker for 'Fixes:' TAG. I suggest to reconsider also this wording once more. … > +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl > @@ -2820,7 +2820,7 @@ sub process { … > + ERROR("FIXES_TAG", > + "please use the 'Fixes:' tag with the first 12 characters of the SHA-1 ID, and the one line summary(no across multiple lines)\n" . $herecurr); * Would you like to take another information better into account? https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?id=6a8b55ed4056ea5559ebe4f6a4b247f627870d4c#n177 “… You should also be sure to use at least the first twelve characters … …” * Is the information questionable also from the parenthesised text in the error message from the Perl code? Regards, Markus