linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] checkpatch: Correctly detect git commit references that span 3 lines

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Date:   Mon, 6 Aug 2018 18:37:37 +1000
From:   Andrew Donnellan <andrew.donnellan@....ibm.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        apw@...onical.com
Cc:     fbarrat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] checkpatch: Correctly detect git commit
 references that span 3 lines

On 06/08/18 15:07, Joe Perches wrote:
> The multiple line block code can be difficult to read.

I 100% agree!

> My suggestion is to instead write a subroutine to get the
> commit description and compare that against the returned
> git commit description.

I'll try and do it up more neatly when I've got some spare time over the 
next few days and send a v2.

Thanks,
-- 
Andrew Donnellan              OzLabs, ADL Canberra
andrew.donnellan@....ibm.com  IBM Australia Limited