[PATCH] checkpatch.pl: add switch to turn off check for Change-Id

Pottratz, Dwane
2016-03-01T18:38:02Z

A commit hook for the Gerrit code review servers inserts change
identifiers. These identifiers are noise in the context of the
upstream kernel. However, they are needed in most development
environments and the error needs to be ignored for static analysis
tools.

Signed-off-by: Dwane Pottratz <dwane.pottratz@intel.com>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 2b3c228..0756935 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use Getopt::Long qw(:config no_auto_abbrev);
my $quiet = 0;
my $tree = 1;
my $chk_signoff = 1;
+my $chk_changeid = 1;
my $chk_patch = 1;
my $tst_only;
my $emacs = 0;
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ Options:
-q, --quiet quiet
--no-tree run without a kernel tree
--no-signoff do not check for 'Signed-off-by' line
+ --no-changeid do not check for 'Change-Id' line
--patch treat FILE as patchfile (default)
--emacs emacs compile window format
--terse one line per report
@@ -136,6 +138,7 @@ GetOptions(
'q|quiet+' => \$quiet,
'tree!' => \$tree,
'signoff!' => \$chk_signoff,
+ 'changeid!' => \$chk_changeid,
'patch!' => \$chk_patch,
'emacs!' => \$emacs,
'terse!' => \$terse,
@@ -2310,7 +2313,7 @@ sub process {
}

# Check for unwanted Gerrit info
- if ($in_commit_log && $line =~ /^\s*change-id:/i) {
+ if ($in_commit_log && $line =~ /^\s*change-id:/i && $chk_changeid) {
ERROR("GERRIT_CHANGE_ID",
"Remove Gerrit Change-Id's before submitting upstream.\n" . $herecurr);
}
--
1.9.1