This narrows down spelling errors that are in the commit
subject. In v2, it also provides a subject if the subject
line is missing. The provisional subject is the name of the
patch file, which should provide some context about the patch.
Signed-off-by: Chandan Somani <csom...@redhat.com>
---
utilities/checkpatch.py | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/utilities/checkpatch.py b/utilities/checkpatch.py
index e5d5029f2..f34e4bf2a 100755
--- a/utilities/checkpatch.py
+++ b/utilities/checkpatch.py
@@ -1024,6 +1024,14 @@ def ovs_checkpatch_file(filename):
result = ovs_checkpatch_parse(part.get_payload(decode=False), filename,
mail.get('Author', mail['From']),
mail['Commit'])
+ if spellcheck:
+ if not mail['Subject'].strip():
+ mail.replace_header('Subject', sys.argv[-1])
+ print("Subject missing! Your provisional subject is",
+ mail['Subject'])
+ if check_spelling(mail['Subject'], False):
+ print("Subject: %s" % mail['Subject'])
+
ovs_checkpatch_print_result()
return result
--
2.26.3
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