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Commit 66881735 authored by Joe Perches's avatar Joe Perches Committed by Linus Torvalds
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checkpatch: allow commit descriptions on separate line from commit id



The general form for commit id and description is

  'Commit <12+hexdigits> ("commit description/subject line")'

but commit logs often have relatively long commit ids and the commit
description emds on the next line like:

  Some explanation as to why commit <12+hexdigits>
  ("commit foo description/subject line") is improved.

Allow this form.

Signed-off-by: default avatarJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Suggested-by: default avatarJoe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@stratus.com>
Tested-by: default avatarJoe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@stratus.com>
Suggested-by: default avatarGeert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent caac7e6d
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