Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3] checkpatch: add warning for lines starting with a '#' in commit log | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Wed, 02 Dec 2020 13:03:21 -0800 |
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On Thu, 2020-12-03 at 02:27 +0530, Dwaipayan Ray wrote: > 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. > > Suggested-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> > Suggested-by: Peilin Ye <yepeilin.cs@gmail.com> > Tested-by: Peilin Ye <yepeilin.cs@gmail.com> > Signed-off-by: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
> --- > Changes in v3: > - Modify commit message for more clarity > - Modify warning message > - Modify --fix option to substitute single space instead of tab > > Changes in v2: > - Modify warning message and type > - Style fixes > > scripts/checkpatch.pl | 9 +++++++++ > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl > index e8c1ed0b1fad..7940889877ba 100755 > --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl > +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl > @@ -2966,6 +2966,15 @@ 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 &&
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