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

[Manos Pitsidianakis <manos.pitsidianakis@linaro.org>]

On Tue, 30 Jan 2024 at 10:12, Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> 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

It only seems that way because the pre-existing lines use tabs, while
I used spaces, according to the QEMU Coding style:

> QEMU indents are four spaces. Tabs are never used, except in Makefiles where they have been irreversibly coded into the syntax.

> > +
> >               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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