The patch titled
Subject: checkpatch: add warning for lines starting with a '#' in commit log
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
checkpatch-add-warning-for-lines-starting-with-a-in-commit-log.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-add-warning-for-lines-starting-with-a-in-commit-log.patch
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https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-add-warning-for-lines-starting-with-a-in-commit-log.patch
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From: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch: add warning for lines starting with a '#' in commit log
Commit log lines starting with '#' are dropped by git as comments.
Add a check to emit a warning for these lines.
Also add a --fix option to insert a space before the leading '#' in
such lines.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201202205740.127986-1-dwaipayanray1@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@xxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Peilin Ye <yepeilin.cs@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Peilin Ye <yepeilin.cs@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-warning-for-lines-starting-with-a-in-commit-log
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3033,6 +3033,15 @@ sub process {
$commit_log_possible_stack_dump = 0;
}
+# Check for lines starting with a #
+ if ($in_commit_log && $line =~ /^#/) {
+ if (WARN("COMMIT_COMMENT_SYMBOL",
+ "Commit log lines starting with '#' are dropped by git as comments\n" . $herecurr) &&
+ $fix) {
+ $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/^/ /;
+ }
+ }
+
# Check for git id commit length and improperly formed commit descriptions
if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_possible_stack_dump &&
$line !~ /^\s*(?:Link|Patchwork|http|https|BugLink|base-commit):/i &&
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from dwaipayanray1@xxxxxxxxx are
checkpatch-add-new-exception-to-repeated-word-check.patch
checkpatch-extend-attributes-check-to-handle-more-patterns.patch
checkpatch-improve-email-parsing.patch
checkpatch-fix-spelling-errors-and-remove-repeated-word.patch
checkpatch-fix-unescaped-left-brace.patch
checkpatch-add-warning-for-unnecessary-use-of-%h-and-%hh.patch
checkpatch-add-warning-for-lines-starting-with-a-in-commit-log.patch
