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

On Mon, 2026-07-27 at 20:24 +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 27/07/2026 19:59, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
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> > > > checkpatch validates the Signed-off-by trailers against the patch's
> > > > author, but misses the opportunity to also validate the committer w=
hen
> > > > run with --git. Maintainers therefor need third-party scripts for t=
he
> > > > final Signed-off-by check.
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> The issue Bjorn is trying to solve is real and as he pointed out - every
> second day maintainers fail to commit properly (srsly... still!). Some
> of us implemented git commit hooks [1][2], but many still don't care
> enough, even though installing such commit hook is basically 30 seconds.
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> Maybe checkpatch would help people to get it right...

Alright, I'll look at this proposal more thoroughly.