Re: [v4] checkpatch: add support to check 'Fixes:' tag format

[Markus Elfring]

>>> +				$diagnostics .= "Missing a pair of parentheses '()' or a pair of double quotation marks (\"\").\n";
>>
>> Can such a message trigger any more thoughts and development ideas?
>
> No, I don't think so. '(" ... ")' is the minimum interface between analyser
> (checkpatch) and commit id description (normal commit id and 'Fixes:' tag)

* I am proposing to recheck the influence of quotation character alternatives
  also at this place.

* How do you think about to provide an information without the word âorâ
  in error messages?


> about the title, it is very difficult if not impossible to guess the title
> boundary and whether it is the *REAL* title that folllow the SHA1 without
> this precondition,

I find this concern reasonable.


> and it is more difficult to do it when we need to support
> title which across lines in the normal commit id description.

I imagine that further software design options can be considered.


> At last I really doubt the benefit it brings deserves the complexity and the
> current diagnostics info is enough clear for most situation.

* Will a safer data format description trigger corresponding efforts?

* Will the structure of the commit title matter?

* Would you like to improve checks (and program organisation) besides
  the application of regular expressions?

Regards,
Markus