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| author | Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> | 2014-08-29 15:18:26 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-08-29 16:28:15 -0700 |
| commit | 3f6316b4378e64e96acfe55b499648dc0e6b9603 (patch) | |
| tree | 46d97621675a3d356c05f1327917803c4489d8e5 /scripts/checkpatch.pl | |
| parent | 59753a805499f1ffbca4ac0a24b3dff67bf00001 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-3f6316b4378e64e96acfe55b499648dc0e6b9603.tar.gz lwn-3f6316b4378e64e96acfe55b499648dc0e6b9603.zip | |
checkpatch: relax check for length of git commit IDs
Checkpatch currently warns if a git commit ID (in the changelog,
usually) is less than 12 characters or more than 16. The "more than 16"
is excessive. Change the check so we accept IDs from 12 to 40 chars in
length.
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/checkpatch.pl')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 31a731e06f50..b385bcbbf2f5 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2133,7 +2133,7 @@ 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]{12,16} \("/) { + $line !~ /\b[Cc]ommit [0-9a-f]{12,40} \("/) { $line =~ /\b(c)ommit\s+([0-9a-f]{5,})/i; my $init_char = $1; my $orig_commit = lc($2); @@ -2141,7 +2141,7 @@ sub process { my $desc = 'commit description'; ($id, $desc) = git_commit_info($orig_commit, $id, $desc); ERROR("GIT_COMMIT_ID", - "Please use 12 to 16 chars for the git commit ID like: '${init_char}ommit $id (\"$desc\")'\n" . $herecurr); + "Please use 12 or more chars for the git commit ID like: '${init_char}ommit $id (\"$desc\")'\n" . $herecurr); } # Check for added, moved or deleted files |