Re: checkpatch: GIT_COMMIT_ID rule catches 'cherry picked from commit <sha1>' lines

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Wed, 2015-11-25 at 18:15 -0800, Shawn N wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> The checkpatch.pl GIT_COMMIT_ID rule appears to be designed to enforce
> a minimum description when citing patches: 'commit <12+ chars of sha1>
> (\"\")'. One (unintended?) consequence of this rule is
> that unmodified 'cherry picked from commit ' (git cherry-pick
> -x) lines are flagged.
> 
> - Is the disallowing of 'cherry picked from commit ' lines by
> GIT_COMMIT_ID working as intended?
> - If yes, would it be acceptable to instead add a new rule with
> clearer error output ("Don't include git cherry-pick -x description
> lines")?
> - If no (and such lines are actually acceptable) then I will just
> patch the GIT_COMMIT_ID rule.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Shawn

I think sha1 commit ids should always be followed by a
git commit description.

If that's not the general consensus, it's pretty easy
to change.