Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add test for empty line after Fixes statement

From: Leon Romanovsky
Date: Mon May 20 2019 - 09:18:38 EST


On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 05:56:36AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2019-05-20 at 15:42 +0300, Michal Kalderon wrote:
> > Check that there is no empty line after a fixes statement
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> why?

It is common mistake for Gerrit users, they are removing
their ChangeID crap with some wrong sed command which leaves
empty line.

You can argue that this should be fixed on the client side and I agree,
nut because the checkpatch check is so easy, it is worth to add it and
save reviewers time.

Thanks

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