[PATCH] checkpatch: Update git commit message

[PATCH] checkpatch: Update git commit message

[Joe Perches]

The git commit message can be confusing,

Try to clarify the message a bit to reduce
the confusion when emitted.

Show the correct form using
	Please use git commit description style 'commit <12+ chars of sha1> ("<title line>")'
and if the git commit sha1 is unique, show
the right sha1 to use with the actual title

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Original-patch-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 6afc24b..5d8c1f1 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -634,6 +634,8 @@ sub git_commit_info {
 	$output =~ s/^\s*//gm;
 	my @lines = split("\n", $output);
 
+	return ($id, $desc) if ($#lines < 0);
+
 	if ($lines[0] =~ /^error: short SHA1 $commit is ambiguous\./) {
 # Maybe one day convert this block of bash into something that returns
 # all matching commit ids, but it's very slow...
@@ -2173,21 +2175,38 @@ sub process {
 			      "Remove Gerrit Change-Id's before submitting upstream.\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
-# Check for improperly formed commit descriptions
-		if ($in_commit_log &&
-		    $line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}/i &&
-		    !($line =~ /\b[Cc]ommit [0-9a-f]{12,40} \("/ ||
-		      ($line =~ /\b[Cc]ommit [0-9a-f]{12,40}\s*$/ &&
-		       defined $rawlines[$linenr] &&
-		       $rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*\("/))) {
-			$line =~ /\b(c)ommit\s+([0-9a-f]{5,})/i;
+# Check for git id commit length and improperly formed commit descriptions
+		if ($in_commit_log && $line =~ /\b(c)ommit\s+([0-9a-f]{5,})/i) {
 			my $init_char = $1;
 			my $orig_commit = lc($2);
-			my $id = '01234567890ab';
-			my $desc = 'commit description';
-		        ($id, $desc) = git_commit_info($orig_commit, $id, $desc);
-			ERROR("GIT_COMMIT_ID",
-			      "Please use 12 or more chars for the git commit ID like: '${init_char}ommit $id (\"$desc\")'\n" . $herecurr);
+			my $short = 1;
+			my $long = 0;
+			my $case = 1;
+			my $space = 1;
+			my $hasdesc = 0;
+			my $id = '0123456789ab';
+			my $orig_desc = "commit description";
+			my $description = "";
+
+			$short = 0 if ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{12,40}/i);
+			$long = 1 if ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{41,}/i);
+			$space = 0 if ($line =~ /\bcommit [0-9a-f]/i);
+			$case = 0 if ($line =~ /\b[Cc]ommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,40}[^A-F]/);
+			if ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s+\("([^"]+)"\)/i) {
+				$orig_desc = $1;
+			} elsif ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s*$/i &&
+				 defined $rawlines[$linenr] &&
+				 $rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*\("([^"]+)"\)/) {
+				$orig_desc = $1;
+			}
+
+			($id, $description) = git_commit_info($orig_commit,
+							      $id, $orig_desc);
+
+			if ($short || $long || $space || $case || ($orig_desc ne $description)) {
+				ERROR("GIT_COMMIT_ID",
+				      "Please use git commit description style 'commit <12+ chars of sha1> (\"<title line>\")' - ie: '${init_char}ommit $id (\"$description\")'\n" . $herecurr);
+			}
 		}
 
 # Check for added, moved or deleted files

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Update git commit message

[Chris Rorvick]

On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> The git commit message can be confusing,
>
> Try to clarify the message a bit to reduce
> the confusion when emitted.

I just ignored a few GIT_COMMIT_ID errors last night because I was
confused by the message.  My mistake was forgetting to quote the commit
summary.  Running checkpatch with this makes the problem clear.

Tested-by: Chris Rorvick <chris@rorvick.com>

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Update git commit message

[Prarit Bhargava]

On 01/09/2015 04:58 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> The git commit message can be confusing,
> 
> Try to clarify the message a bit to reduce
> the confusion when emitted.
> 
> Show the correct form using
> 	Please use git commit description style 'commit <12+ chars of sha1> ("<title line>")'
> and if the git commit sha1 is unique, show
> the right sha1 to use with the actual title
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
> Original-patch-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>

P.