> Hmm, your email client still seems to be broken :( If you answer to my > email, it should use ">" not tabs. Maybe you can fix that.
> > I looked at your scripts, I did not run them. They look as if they would > do the job you claim they do. They are more complicated than needed, but > it was not the task to find a simple solution. So, let us try them. > > Please have a look at this patch: > > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel-mentees/20200912094826.150170-1-ayush@disroot.org/ > > The author states: > > This issue was discovered through a thorough analysis of checkpatch.pl > errors and warnings of type GIT_COMMIT_ID on commits between v5.7 and > v5.8. > > Before applying this patch, checkpatch.pl reported 342 errors of type > GIT_COMMIT_ID. After applying patch, errors reduced to 284. > > > If your scripts work, you should be able to confirm the statement. > > The tasks are: > > 1. Run your scripts and create a full statistics of all error types with > their according count for v5.7..v5.8. > > 2. Apply the patch with git am. > > 3. Run your scripts again and create a new statistics. > > 4. Compare before and after > > 5. Make all results available on your github repository. >
Hi,
I think I got my email client working now.
The last time checkpatch.pl took awfully long to run on so many commits. :(
So, it might take a while but I will report my findings on this as soon