* [PATCH] checkpatch: Don't complain about long "Fixes:" lines
@ 2015-08-06 3:44 Michael Ellerman
2015-08-06 3:50 ` Joe Perches
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Michael Ellerman @ 2015-08-06 3:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel, apw, joe
We encourage people to mention the commit they are fixing, if any, using
a Fixes line, see SubmittingPatches.
Although it's not mentioned explicitly, it's preferable if the Fixes
line is not wrapped, so skip Fixes lines when checking for overlength
lines.
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d5c8e9a3a73c..b3139cb1bf9d 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2310,7 +2310,7 @@ sub process {
# Check for line lengths > 75 in commit log, warn once
if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_long_line &&
- length($line) > 75) {
+ length($line) > 75 && $line !~ /^\s*Fixes: [0-9a-f]+/i) {
WARN("COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE",
"Possible unwrapped commit description (prefer a maximum 75 chars per line)\n" . $herecurr);
$commit_log_long_line = 1;
--
2.1.4
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