Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: fix an issue regarding the git commit description style test | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Sat, 14 Aug 2021 17:47:20 -0700 |
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On Sat, 2021-08-14 at 10:43 +0200, Lukas Bulwahn wrote: > On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 10:26 AM Hamza Mahfooz > <someguy@effective-light.com> wrote: > > > > If we consider the output of the following command: > > > > $ git shortlog | grep '"' | wc -l > > 14185 > > > > It becomes apparent that quite a number of commits have titles that, > > contain at least one quotation mark and if you attempt to refer to those > > commits in a new patch, checkpatch throws a false positive. This is > > because, checkpatch disallows the use of quotation marks in commit titles, > > only when referring to those commits in commit descriptions. > > > > Joe will certainly have the final say on this.
I did suggest a patch.
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/7f55d9d0369f1ea840fab83eeb77f9f3601fee41.camel@perches.com/
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