From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga14.intel.com (mga14.intel.com [192.55.52.115]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6562A2C0E for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2016 03:46:12 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fmsmga004.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.48]) by fmsmga103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 29 Mar 2016 18:46:11 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.24,414,1455004800"; d="scan'208";a="75596498" Received: from yliu-dev.sh.intel.com (HELO yliu-dev) ([10.239.67.191]) by fmsmga004.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 29 Mar 2016 18:46:11 -0700 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 09:46:34 +0800 From: Yuanhan Liu To: Thomas Monjalon Cc: dev@dpdk.org Message-ID: <20160330014634.GC3080@yliu-dev.sh.intel.com> References: <1459286986-31148-1-git-send-email-thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1459286986-31148-1-git-send-email-thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] scripts: check commit formatting X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 01:46:12 -0000 On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 11:29:46PM +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. Actually, I think we might be able to do 2 tests here: - space line between paragraphs. - lines over 80 chars. --yliu