From 3f6316b4378e64e96acfe55b499648dc0e6b9603 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 15:18:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: relax check for length of git commit IDs

Checkpatch currently warns if a git commit ID (in the changelog,
usually) is less than 12 characters or more than 16.  The "more than 16"
is excessive.  Change the check so we accept IDs from 12 to 40 chars in
length.

Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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