This patch introduces a format check for 'Fixes' line in commit log
for 12 characters commit id and format for Fixes as ("...").
Its created against linux-rdma Doug's tree [1].
[1] git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dledford/rdma.git
Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Brad Erickson <bradley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index dd2c262..7d933e4 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2548,6 +2548,14 @@ sub process {
"Remove Gerrit Change-Id's before submitting upstream.\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# Check for incorrect format for Fixes line in commit log
+ if ($in_commit_log && $line =~ /^\s*Fixes:/i) {
+ if ($line !~ /^\s*Fixes: [a-z0-9]{12} \(\".*?\"\)$/i) {
+ ERROR("FIXES_FORMAT",
+ "Follow format of Fixes: <12 characters commit id> (\"...\")\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+ }
+
# Check if the commit log is in a possible stack dump
if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_possible_stack_dump &&
($line =~ /^\s*(?:WARNING:|BUG:)/ ||
--
1.8.3.1
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