[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] scripts: check commit formatting
Yuanhan Liu
yuanhan.liu at linux.intel.com
Mon Apr 11 18:13:42 CEST 2016
On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 05:39:05PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> The git messages have three parts:
> 1/ the headline
> 2/ the explanations
> 3/ the footer tags
>
> The headline helps to quickly browse an history or catch instantly the
> purpose of a commit. Making it short with some consistent wording
> allows to easily parse it or match some patterns.
>
> The explanations must give some keys like the reason of the change.
> Nothing can be automatically checked for this part, except line length.
>
> The footer contains some tags to find the origin of a bug or who
> was working on it.
>
> This script is doing some basic checks mostly on parts 1 and 3.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>
Reviewed-by: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu at linux.intel.com>
--yliu
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