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checkpatch: allow commit descriptions on separate line from commit id 

The general form for commit id and description is

  'Commit <12+hexdigits> ("commit description/subject line")'

but commit logs often have relatively long commit ids and the commit
description emds on the next line like:

  Some explanation as to why commit <12+hexdigits>
  ("commit foo description/subject line") is improved.

Allow this form.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Suggested-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@stratus.com>
Tested-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@stratus.com>
Suggested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
hifive-unleashed-5.1
Joe Perches 2014-09-09 14:50:55 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent caac7e6d00
commit 6688173507
1 changed files with 4 additions and 1 deletions
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@ -2133,7 +2133,10 @@ sub process {
# Check for improperly formed commit descriptions
if ($in_commit_log &&
$line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}/i &&
$line !~ /\b[Cc]ommit [0-9a-f]{12,40} \("/) {
!($line =~ /\b[Cc]ommit [0-9a-f]{12,40} \("/ ||
($line =~ /\b[Cc]ommit [0-9a-f]{12,40}\s*$/ &&
defined $rawlines[$linenr] &&
$rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*\("/))) {
$line =~ /\b(c)ommit\s+([0-9a-f]{5,})/i;
my $init_char = $1;
my $orig_commit = lc($2);