checkpatch: add warning for lines starting with a '#' in commit log
Commit log lines starting with '#' are dropped by git as comments.
Add a check to emit a warning for these lines.
Also add a --fix option to insert a space before the leading '#' in
such lines.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201202205740.127986-1-dwaipayanray1@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Suggested-by: Peilin Ye <yepeilin.cs@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Peilin Ye <yepeilin.cs@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 2716b9b..b7dde72 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3033,6 +3033,15 @@
$commit_log_possible_stack_dump = 0;
}
+# Check for lines starting with a #
+ if ($in_commit_log && $line =~ /^#/) {
+ if (WARN("COMMIT_COMMENT_SYMBOL",
+ "Commit log lines starting with '#' are dropped by git as comments\n" . $herecurr) &&
+ $fix) {
+ $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/^/ /;
+ }
+ }
+
# Check for git id commit length and improperly formed commit descriptions
if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_possible_stack_dump &&
$line !~ /^\s*(?:Link|Patchwork|http|https|BugLink|base-commit):/i &&