linux-kernel - Check that no dot/period ends the commit message summary?

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Message-ID: <0ba14395-7c35-025a-d904-fddf5dd1e0bb@molgen.mpg.de>
Date:   Tue, 7 Dec 2021 08:52:00 +0100
From:   Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>
To:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Check that no dot/period ends the commit message summary?

Dear checkpatch folks,

git’s default messages don’t use a dot/period at the end of the commit 
message summary (title).

•   Revert …
•   Merge …

Some guides on the WWW, like *How to Write a Git Commit Message* [1], 
also recommend that: Do not end the subject line with a period.

Would that be sensible to add to the checkpatch script?

Kind regards,

Paul

[1]: https://cbea.ms/git-commit/#end