Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] checkpatch.pl: warn about discouraged tags and missing Link: tags

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Fri, 2023-01-20 at 13:35 +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> Hi, please consider the following checkpatch.pl patches for review.
> 
> The first two changes make checkpatch.pl check for a few mistakes wrt to
> links to bug reports Linus recently complained about a few times.
> Avoiding those is also important for my regression tracking efforts a
> lot, as the automated tracking performed by regzbot relies on the proper
> usage of the Link: tag.
> 
> The third patch fixes a few small oddities noticed in existing code
> during review of the two changes.

Hey Andrew.  Please forward this patch series upstream.

Thanks, Joe

> 
> Ciao, Thorsten
> ---
> v3->v4:
> - address review feedback from Joe (do not allow leading spaces in
> matches, check if Link: is actually followed by a URL in one go,
> and use m{} for matching https://)  (Thorsten)
> - catch Reported-and-tested-by as well (Thorsten)
> 
> v2->v3:
> - address review feedback from Joe (grammer fixes, use of $herecurr, use
> of --no-merges in commit log quote) (Thorsten)
> - warn when people try to add version information to the commit log
> using code suggested by Joe (Thorsten)
> - add a patch to make existing code in a nearby area use $herecurr where
> it should, which Joe noticed during review
> 
> v1->v2:
> - add commit messages explaining the reasoning (Thorsten)
> - approach the usage of wrong tags with an allow list as suggested by
> Joe (Thorsten)
> 
> Kai Wasserbäch (2):
>   checkpatch: warn when unknown tags are used for links
>   checkpatch: warn when Reported-by: is not followed by Link:
> 
> Thorsten Leemhuis (1):
>   checkpatch: use proper way for show problematic line
> 
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> base-commit: 5dc4c995db9eb45f6373a956eb1f69460e69e6d4