It can happen that a commit message refers to an invalid commit id, because
the referenced hash changed following a rebase, or simply by mistake.
Add a check in checkpatch.pl which checks that an hash referenced by
a Fixes tag, or just cited in the commit message, is a valid commit id.
$ scripts/checkpatch.pl <<'EOF'
Subject: [PATCH] test commit
Sample test commit to test checkpatch.pl
Commit 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") really exists,
commit 0bba044c4ce7 ("tree") is valid but not a commit,
while commit b4cc0b1c0cca ("unknown") is invalid.
Fixes: f0cacc14cade ("unknown")
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
EOF
WARNING: Unknown commit id '0bba044c4ce7', maybe rebased or not pulled?
#8:
commit 0bba044c4ce7 ("tree") is valid but not a commit,
WARNING: Unknown commit id 'b4cc0b1c0cca', maybe rebased or not pulled?
#9:
while commit b4cc0b1c0cca ("unknown") is invalid.
WARNING: Unknown commit id 'f0cacc14cade', maybe rebased or not pulled?
#11:
Fixes: f0cacc14cade ("unknown")
total: 0 errors, 3 warnings, 4 lines checked
Signed-off-by: Matteo Croce <[email protected]>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a6d436809bf5..3b77279df13b 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2898,6 +2898,17 @@ sub process {
}
}
+# check for invalid commit id
+ if ($in_commit_log && $line =~
/(^fixes:|\bcommit)\s+([0-9a-f]{6,40})\b/i) {
+ my $id;
+ my $description;
+ ($id, $description) = git_commit_info($2, undef, undef);
+ if (!defined($id)) {
+ WARN("UNKNOWN_COMMIT_ID",
+ "Unknown commit id '$2', maybe rebased or
not pulled?\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+ }
+
# ignore non-hunk lines and lines being removed
next if (!$hunk_line || $line =~ /^-/);
--
2.21.0
