linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Warn on empty commit log bodies

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Date:	Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:33:23 +0100
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...ena.org.uk>
CC:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Warn on empty commit log bodies

Mark Brown wrote:
> It is apparent that they do not consider
> the subject line of the e-mail (which is the first line of the changelog
> if you're using git) to be part of the changelog.

This really surprises me.  ^Subject: .+$ is the title of the log and
thereby its first part.  Also, I don't see a connection to git.  I
manage patches with quilt and never loose patch titles.  I still think
you should count ^Subject: .+$ too if you want to check for presence of
a changelog.

Sometimes I see patch postings with the title appearing twice; I always
thought these were beginners' mistakes and a nuisance when importing a
patch.

(PS:  Granted, many patches come with poorly written changelogs; I
struggle with it in my own patches all the time too.  But it's something
which checkpatch just cannot check.)
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Stefan Richter
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