[PATCH 1/2] feat: checkpatch: error on usage of a Buglink tag in the commit log

From: Kai Wasserbäch
Date: Sun Dec 04 2022 - 06:39:35 EST


Suggested-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kai Wasserbäch <kai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 1e5e66ae5a..a6d2ccaa3e 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3248,6 +3248,12 @@ sub process {
}
}

+# check if Bug[lL]ink: or Bugzilla: is used and error
+ if ($in_commit_log && $line =~ /^\s*(buglink|bugzilla):\s*(.*)/i) {
+ ERROR("COMMIT_LOG_BAD_BUGLINK",
+ "Non-standard tag '" . $1 . "' - use 'Link:' instead!\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
# Check for git id commit length and improperly formed commit descriptions
# A correctly formed commit description is:
# commit <SHA-1 hash length 12+ chars> ("Complete commit subject")
--
2.35.1