linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] checkpatch: add support to check 'Fixes:' tag format

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Message-ID: <b2f44460-dc42-1606-519f-2886c805715e@web.de>
Date:   Fri, 1 May 2020 18:52:52 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Wang YanQing <udknight@...il.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>,
        Matteo Croce <mcroce@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] checkpatch: add support to check 'Fixes:' tag format

> I am not sure whether I get your words, you mean we need to emit warning
> for incomplete title line format? For example:
> Fixes: 277f27e2f277 ("SUNRPC/cache: Allow garbage collection ... ")

I suggest to increase the precision for the usage the ellipsis at the end.

* Triple ASCII dots

* U+2026

* The commit title should probably not be abbreviated too much.

Regards,
Markus