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

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On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 07:28:37AM -0700, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:56:00 +0200, Bjorn Andersson

> > 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 too would like to see this applied. The alternative is to get emails from
> linux-next maintainers after a bad commit is already published, which requires
> rebasing of maintainers' trees.

FWIW the substantial majority of signoff problems I see are due to
rebases in multi-maintainer trees, that's partly due to a few frequent
fliers.

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