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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 2716b9bfc0c2..b7dde7260921 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3033,6 +3033,15 @@ sub process {
$commit_log_possible_stack_dump = 0;
}
+# Check for lines starting with a #
+ if ($in_commit_log && $line =~ /^#/) {
+ if (WARN("COMMIT_COMMENT_SYMBOL",
+ "Commit log lines starting with '#' are dropped by git as comments\n" . $herecurr) &&
+ $fix) {
+ $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/^/ /;
+ }
+ }
+
# Check for git id commit length and improperly formed commit descriptions
if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_possible_stack_dump &&
$line !~ /^\s*(?:Link|Patchwork|http|https|BugLink|base-commit):/i &&