Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Validate committer sign-off

[Joe Perches]

On Fri, 2026-07-24 at 18:56 +0000, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> ```
> checkpatch validates the Signed-off-by trailers against the patch's
> author, but misses the opportunity to also validate the committer when
> run with --git. Maintainers therefor need third-party scripts for the
> final Signed-off-by check.

I don't actually see that need as an issue for checkpatch.

checkpatch is for patches, not things that are already committed.

If something like this is added, it should _only_ be used when
--git is on the command line.