On Thu, 2020-12-03 at 01:52 +0530, Dwaipayan Ray wrote: > Commit log lines starting with a '#' can be dropped by git if > the corresponding commit message is reworded by a maintainer. > This minor error can be easily avoided if checkpatch warns > for the same.
This makes no sense to me. How about: Commit log lines starting with # are dropped by git as comments so emit a warning for these comment lines. Add a --fix option to insert a space before leading # comments > +# Check for lines starting with a # > + if ($in_commit_log && $line =~ /^#/) { > + if (WARN("COMMIT_COMMENT_SYMBOL", > + "Commit log lines starting with a '#' will be > dropped by git as a comment\n" . $herecurr) && Perhaps: "Commit log lines starting with '#' are dropped by git as comments\n" . $herecurr) && > + $fix) { > + $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/^#/\t#/; I suggest using a space char and not a tab to avoid excess indentation. $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/^/ /;