Re: [PATCH v2] coccicheck: support $COCCI being defined as a directory

[Markus Elfring]

> Second the commit log could be more concise as:

I like your desire for choosing a more appropriate commit message.


> Allow defining COCCI as a directory that contains .cocci files.

I would prefer to concentrate the patch subject on other information.


> In general, at least in simple cases, it is not necessary to mention the
> name of the file you are modifying in the comit log, because one can see
> that just below from looking at the diffstat and the patch.

This view can be reasonable. - How does it fit to the usual requirement
for the specification of a âsubsystemâ (or âprefixâ) according to the
canonical patch format?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?id=13b86bc4cd648eae69fdcf3d04b2750c76350053#n656

Regards,
Markus