1 files changed, 32 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 6ac355edd0dc..786017d4d057 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -634,6 +634,8 @@ sub git_commit_info {
         $output =~ s/^\s*//gm;
         my @lines = split("\n", $output);
 
+        return ($id, $desc) if ($#lines < 0);
+
         if ($lines[0] =~ /^error: short SHA1 $commit is ambiguous\./) {
 # Maybe one day convert this block of bash into something that returns
 # all matching commit ids, but it's very slow...
@@ -2173,21 +2175,38 @@ sub process {
                               "Remove Gerrit Change-Id's before submitting upstream.\n" . $herecurr);
                 }
 
-# Check for improperly formed commit descriptions
-                if ($in_commit_log &&
-                    $line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}/i &&
-                    !($line =~ /\b[Cc]ommit [0-9a-f]{12,40} \("/ ||
-                      ($line =~ /\b[Cc]ommit [0-9a-f]{12,40}\s*$/ &&
-                       defined $rawlines[$linenr] &&
-                       $rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*\("/))) {
-                        $line =~ /\b(c)ommit\s+([0-9a-f]{5,})/i;
+# Check for git id commit length and improperly formed commit descriptions
+                if ($in_commit_log && $line =~ /\b(c)ommit\s+([0-9a-f]{5,})/i) {
                         my $init_char = $1;
                         my $orig_commit = lc($2);
-                        my $id = '01234567890ab';
-                        my $desc = 'commit description';
-                        ($id, $desc) = git_commit_info($orig_commit, $id, $desc);
-                        ERROR("GIT_COMMIT_ID",
-                              "Please use 12 or more chars for the git commit ID like: '${init_char}ommit $id (\"$desc\")'\n" . $herecurr);
+                        my $short = 1;
+                        my $long = 0;
+                        my $case = 1;
+                        my $space = 1;
+                        my $hasdesc = 0;
+                        my $id = '0123456789ab';
+                        my $orig_desc = "commit description";
+                        my $description = "";
+
+                        $short = 0 if ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{12,40}/i);
+                        $long = 1 if ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{41,}/i);
+                        $space = 0 if ($line =~ /\bcommit [0-9a-f]/i);
+                        $case = 0 if ($line =~ /\b[Cc]ommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,40}[^A-F]/);
+                        if ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s+\("([^"]+)"\)/i) {
+                                $orig_desc = $1;
+                        } elsif ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s*$/i &&
+                                 defined $rawlines[$linenr] &&
+                                 $rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*\("([^"]+)"\)/) {
+                                $orig_desc = $1;
+                        }
+
+                        ($id, $description) = git_commit_info($orig_commit,
+                                                              $id, $orig_desc);
+
+                        if ($short || $long || $space || $case || ($orig_desc ne $description)) {
+                                ERROR("GIT_COMMIT_ID",
+                                      "Please use git commit description style 'commit <12+ chars of sha1> (\"<title line>\")' - ie: '${init_char}ommit $id (\"$description\")'\n" . $herecurr);
+                        }
                 }
 
 # Check for added, moved or deleted files