Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH RESEND] checkpatch: Do not check git commit description style when backport the upstream commit | From | Tiezhu Yang <> | Date | Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:08:04 +0800 |
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On 11/25/2020 11:51 AM, Joe Perches wrote: > On Wed, 2020-11-25 at 11:35 +0800, Tiezhu Yang wrote: >> When backport the upstream commit to the internal LTS kernel version, >> we usually use the following description [1] [2]: >> >> [ Upstream commit cc6528bc9a0c901c83b8220a2e2617f3354d6dd9 ] >> or >> commit c51f8f88d705e06bd696d7510aff22b33eb8e638 upstream. > Internal to what? > > If it's your own internal build system, I think you should > keep your own local patch to checkpatch. > > I don't see why the kernel version should accept it. > > Is this style used by anyone else?
AFAIK, this style is only used in the stable tree, for example:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?h=linux-5.9.y&id=c68a9ca7ca33f1020cca97e4e935c2154bec37c7
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