Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 21:30:01 +0100
From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: checkpatch: length of git commit IDs
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On Feb 01 Joe Perches wrote:
> On Sun, 2015-02-01 at 20:59 +0100, Stefan Richter wrote:
> > I was just told that 12 is less than 12:
> > 
> > > ERROR: Please use 12 or more chars for the git commit ID like: 'Commit
> > > 01234567890ab ("commit description")' #5: 
> > > Commit 2a48fc0ab242 "block: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private
> 
> Yeah, that message isn't very descriptive.
> 
> It really wants parentheses around the commit
> message like:
> 
> Commit 2a48fc0ab242 ("block: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private
> 
> Try the version in -next.  I think it has  a
> better message description.

Thanks for the tip; this works for me.  (checkpatch.pl from current -next
does actually not complain about the line without parentheses.)
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