[PATCH] scripts, checkpatch.pl, provide a better output message for commit id format errors

[Prarit Bhargava]

I put together a patch with an incorrect format and the following error
was returned by checkpatch.pl:

ERROR: Please use 12 or more chars for the git commit ID like: 'Commit
09ec54429c6d ("clocksource: Move cycle_last validation to core code")'
Commit 09ec54429c6d10f87d1f084de53ae2c1c3a81108, clocksource: Move

The message is confusing.  Change it to request that the author use the
example commit ID format.

Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 374abf4..68312fa 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2174,7 +2174,7 @@ sub process {
 			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" . $herecurr);
+			      "Please format the git commit ID like: '${init_char}ommit $id (\"$desc\")'\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
 # Check for added, moved or deleted files
-- 
1.7.9.3

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