Re: [PATCH v1] scripts/checkpatch.pl: check for placeholders in cover letter patches

["Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 09:56:15AM +0200, Manos Pitsidianakis wrote:
> Check if a file argument is a cover letter patch produced by
> git-format-patch --cover-letter; It is initialized with subject suffix "
> *** SUBJECT HERE ***" and body prefix " *** BLURB HERE ***". If they
> exist, warn the user.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Manos Pitsidianakis <manos.pitsidianakis@linaro.org>
> ---
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index 7026895074..34f12c9848 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -1650,6 +1650,20 @@ sub process {
>  			$non_utf8_charset = 1;
>  		}
>  
> +# Check if this is a cover letter patch produced by git-format-patch
> +# --cover-letter; It is initialized with subject suffix
> +# " *** SUBJECT HERE ***" and body prefix " *** BLURB HERE ***"
> +		if ($in_header_lines &&
> +		    $rawline =~ /^Subject:.+[*]{3} SUBJECT HERE [*]{3}\s*$/) {
> +        WARN("Patch appears to be a cover letter with uninitialized subject" .
> +             " '*** SUBJECT HERE ***'\n$hereline\n");
> +		}
> +
> +		if ($rawline =~ /^[*]{3} BLURB HERE [*]{3}\s*$/) {
> +        WARN("Patch appears to be a cover letter with leftover placeholder " .
> +             "text '*** BLURB HERE ***'\n$hereline\n");
> +		}

Indentation here is totally off

> +
>  		if ($in_commit_log && $non_utf8_charset && $realfile =~ /^$/ &&
>  		    $rawline =~ /$NON_ASCII_UTF8/) {
>  			WARN("8-bit UTF-8 used in possible commit log\n" . $herecurr);
> 
> base-commit: 11be70677c70fdccd452a3233653949b79e97908
> -- 
> γαῖα πυρί μιχθήτω
> 

With regards,
Daniel
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