The patch titled
Subject: checkpatch: add ability to coalesce commit descriptions on multiple lines
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
checkpatch-add-ability-to-coalesce-commit-descriptions-on-multiple-lines.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-add-ability-to-coalesce-commit-descriptions-on-multiple-lines.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-add-ability-to-coalesce-commit-descriptions-on-multiple-lines.patch
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From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch: add ability to coalesce commit descriptions on multiple lines
If a git commit description is split on consecutive lines, coalesce it
before testing.
This allows:
commit <foo> ("some long
description")
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-ability-to-coalesce-commit-descriptions-on-multiple-lines scripts/checkpatch.pl
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-ability-to-coalesce-commit-descriptions-on-multiple-lines
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2198,6 +2198,13 @@ sub process {
defined $rawlines[$linenr] &&
$rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*\("([^"]+)"\)/) {
$orig_desc = $1;
+ } elsif ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s+\("[^"]+$/i &&
+ defined $rawlines[$linenr] &&
+ $rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*[^"]+"\)/) {
+ $line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s+\("([^"]+)$/i;
+ $orig_desc = $1;
+ $rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*([^"]+)"\)/;
+ $orig_desc .= " " . $1;
}
($id, $description) = git_commit_info($orig_commit,
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are
printk-correct-timeout-comment-neaten-module_parm_desc.patch
mm-utilc-add-kstrimdup.patch
checkpatch-emit-an-error-when-using-predefined-timestamp-macros.patch
checkpatch-improve-octal-permissions-tests.patch
checkpatch-ignore-__pure-attribute.patch
checkpatch-fix-unnecessary_kern_level-false-positive.patch
checkpatch-add-check-for-keyword-boolean-in-kconfig-definitions.patch
checkpatch-allow-comments-in-macros-tested-for-single-statements.patch
checkpatch-update-git-commit-message.patch
checkpatch-add-likely-unlikely-comparison-misuse-test.patch
checkpatch-add-ability-to-coalesce-commit-descriptions-on-multiple-lines.patch
fs-ufs-superc-remove-unnecessary-casting.patch
linux-next.patch
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