The preferred style for a commit reference in a commit log is: commit <foo> ("<title line>")
A recent commit removed this check for parentheses. Add it back. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <j...@perches.com> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 32bd31c..3642b0d 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2191,6 +2191,7 @@ sub process { my $case = 1; my $space = 1; my $hasdesc = 0; + my $hasparens = 0; my $id = '0123456789ab'; my $orig_desc = "commit description"; my $description = ""; @@ -2201,10 +2202,12 @@ sub process { $case = 0 if ($line =~ /\b[Cc]ommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,40}[^A-F]/); if ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s+\("([^"]+)"\)/i) { $orig_desc = $1; + $hasparens = 1; } elsif ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s*$/i && defined $rawlines[$linenr] && $rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*\("([^"]+)"\)/) { $orig_desc = $1; + $hasparens = 1; } elsif ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s+\("[^"]+$/i && defined $rawlines[$linenr] && $rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*[^"]+"\)/) { @@ -2212,12 +2215,13 @@ sub process { $orig_desc = $1; $rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*([^"]+)"\)/; $orig_desc .= " " . $1; + $hasparens = 1; } ($id, $description) = git_commit_info($orig_commit, $id, $orig_desc); - if ($short || $long || $space || $case || ($orig_desc ne $description)) { + if ($short || $long || $space || $case || ($orig_desc ne $description) || !$hasparens) { ERROR("GIT_COMMIT_ID", "Please use git commit description style 'commit <12+ chars of sha1> (\"<title line>\")' - ie: '${init_char}ommit $id (\"$description\")'\n" . $herecurr); } -- 2.1.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/