linux-kernel - Re: checkpatch: length of git commit IDs

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Message-ID: <20150201213001.06ae0fd7@kant>
Date:	Sun, 1 Feb 2015 21:30:01 +0100
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: checkpatch: length of git commit IDs

On Feb 01 Joe Perches wrote:
> On Sun, 2015-02-01 at 20:59 +0100, Stefan Richter wrote:
> > I was just told that 12 is less than 12:
> > 
> > > ERROR: Please use 12 or more chars for the git commit ID like: 'Commit
> > > 01234567890ab ("commit description")' #5: 
> > > Commit 2a48fc0ab242 "block: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private
> 
> Yeah, that message isn't very descriptive.
> 
> It really wants parentheses around the commit
> message like:
> 
> Commit 2a48fc0ab242 ("block: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private
> 
> Try the version in -next.  I think it has  a
> better message description.

Thanks for the tip; this works for me.  (checkpatch.pl from current -next
does actually not complain about the line without parentheses.)
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