Currently checkpatch.pl does not recognize git's default commit revert message and will complain about the hash format. Add special audit for revert commit message line to fix it.
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| @@ -2539,6 +2539,7 @@ sub process { · 2538 unmodified lines | ||
| 2539 | 2539 | # Check for git id commit length and improperly formed commit descriptions |
| 2540 | 2540 | if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_possible_stack_dump && |
| 2541 | 2541 | $line !~ /^\s*(?:Link|Patchwork|http|https|BugLink):/i && |
| 2542 | + $line !~ /^This reverts commit [0-9a-f]{7,40}/ && | |
| 2542 | 2543 | ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\b/i || |
| 2543 | 2544 | ($line =~ /(?:\s|^)[0-9a-f]{12,40}(?:[\s"'\(\[]|$)/i && |
| 2544 | 2545 | $line !~ /[\<\[][0-9a-f]{12,40}[\>\]]/i && |