Check if a file argument is a cover letter patch produced by
git-format-patch --cover-letter; It is initialized with subject suffix "
*** SUBJECT HERE ***" and body prefix " *** BLURB HERE ***". If they
exist, warn the user.
Signed-off-by: Manos Pitsidianakis <manos.pitsidiana...@linaro.org>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 7026895074..34f12c9848 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1650,6 +1650,20 @@ sub process {
$non_utf8_charset = 1;
}
+# Check if this is a cover letter patch produced by git-format-patch
+# --cover-letter; It is initialized with subject suffix
+# " *** SUBJECT HERE ***" and body prefix " *** BLURB HERE ***"
+ if ($in_header_lines &&
+ $rawline =~ /^Subject:.+[*]{3} SUBJECT HERE [*]{3}\s*$/) {
+ WARN("Patch appears to be a cover letter with uninitialized subject" .
+ " '*** SUBJECT HERE ***'\n$hereline\n");
+ }
+
+ if ($rawline =~ /^[*]{3} BLURB HERE [*]{3}\s*$/) {
+ WARN("Patch appears to be a cover letter with leftover placeholder " .
+ "text '*** BLURB HERE ***'\n$hereline\n");
+ }
+
if ($in_commit_log && $non_utf8_charset && $realfile =~ /^$/ &&
$rawline =~ /$NON_ASCII_UTF8/) {
WARN("8-bit UTF-8 used in possible commit log\n" .
$herecurr);
base-commit: 11be70677c70fdccd452a3233653949b79e97908
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