linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] get_maintainer: Improve "Author:" rolestats

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Date:	Mon, 04 Nov 2013 22:16:21 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
Cc:	Chen Gang F T <chen.gang.flying.transformer@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"sfr@...b.auug.org.au" <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] get_maintainer: Improve "Author:" rolestats

On Tue, 2013-11-05 at 14:04 +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
> On 11/05/2013 01:54 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Tue, 2013-11-05 at 13:45 +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
> >> > If really as what I guess above (some patches no Signed-of-by), is there
> >> > a tool to check and find this issue in time?
> > scripts/checkpatch.pl bleats a message on missing sign-offs.
> 
> Yeah, the author/maintainer can use it for checking.
> 
> But do we have additional tools to let the version tree integrator (e.g.
> sfr) notice about it?

git pre-commit hooks work.

btw: there's some development efforts going on
     that might help here eventually.

Read this thread:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/10/26/158


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