HyperStickler

Commit & PR formalities checker based on the OpenWrt submission guidelines.

Rules

• Pull request must come from a feature branch. Configured via the check_branch input.
• Pull request must not include merge commits.
• Author name must be either a real name 'firstname lastname' or a nickname/alias/handle.
• Author email must not be a GitHub noreply email.
• Commit(ter) name must be either a real name 'firstname lastname' or a nickname/alias/handle.
• Commit(ter) email must not be a GitHub noreply email.
• Commit subject must not start with whitespace.
• Commit subject must start with <package name or prefix>: .
• Commit subject must start with a lower-case word after the prefix.
• Commit subject must not end with a period.
• Commit subject must be <= MAX_SUBJECT_LEN_HARD (and should be <= MAX_SUBJECT_LEN_SOFT) characters long. Limits are 60 and 50 by default, respectively and are configurable via the max_subject_len_hard and max_subject_len_soft inputs.
• Signed-off-by must match author. Configured via the check_signoff input.
• Signed-off-by must not be a GitHub noreply email. Configured via the check_signoff input.
• Commit message must exist.
• Commit message lines should be <= MAX_BODY_LINE_LEN characters long. Limit is 75 by default and is configurable via the max_body_line_len input.
• Commit to stable branch should be marked as cherry-picked.

Inputs

All inputs are optional.

check_branch

• Check if pull request comes from a feature branch.
• Default: true.

check_signoff

• Check if Signed-off-by exists and matches author.
• Default: false.

exclude_dependabot

• Exclude commits authored by dependabot from some checks.
• Default: true.

exclude_weblate

• Exclude commits authored by Weblate from some checks.
• Default: false.

feedback_url

• URL to provide feedback to. If empty, no feedback text will be added to either console log or comment.
• Default: HyperStickler repository.

guideline_url

• Submission guideline URL used in PR comments.
• Default: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html

job_step

• Job step number that full log link in comment should point to. Otherwise it will point to the job itself. Requires post_comment to be true.

max_body_line_len

• Max body line length. Longer lines result in a warning.
• Default: 75.

max_subject_len_hard

• Hard max subject line length limit. Longer subjects fails check.
• Default: 60.

max_subject_len_soft

• Soft max subject line length limit. Longer subjects result in a warning.
• Default: 50.

post_comment

• Post summaries to the pull request.
• Default: false.

warn_on_no_modify

• Warn when PR edits by maintainers are not allowed. Requires post_comment to be true.
• Default: false.

Permissions

Posting comments requires pull-requests: write.

Example usage

name: Formalities
on:
  pull_request_target:

permissions:
  pull-requests: write

jobs:
  formal:
    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
    name: Formalities
    steps:
      - name: Check formalities
        uses: georgesapkin/hyperstickler@main
        with:
          check_signoff: true
          exclude_weblate: true
          post_comment: true

Example output

Example status comment

Warning

Some formality checks failed.

Consider (re)reading submissions guidelines.

Failed checks

Issues marked with an ❌ are failing checks.

Commit 57b3864

• ❌ Commit subject must start with <package name or prefix>:

• ❌ Signed-off-by must match author

  Actual: missing or doesn't match author

  Expected: Signed-off-by: Hosted Weblate <hosted@weblate.org>

Commit 5058449

• 🔶 Commit message lines should be <= 75 characters long

  Actual: line 1 is 137 characters long

  \textsf{This line in the commit body is extremely long and should definitely exceed\color{red}{ the seventy-five character limit imposed by the check script.}}

Commit 2e99bff

• 🔶 Commit subject must be <= 60 (and should be <= 50) characters long

  Actual: subject is 58 characters long

  \textsf{package: this subject is long and should trigger a\color{yellow}{ warning}\color{red}{}}

Commit fed351d

• 🔶 Author name must be either a real name 'firstname lastname' or a nickname/alias/handle

  Actual: Nickname seems to be a nickname or an alias

  Expected: a real name 'firstname lastname'

Commit 5130080

• ❌ Commit message must exist

Commit d13201a

• ❌ Signed-off-by must match author

  Actual: missing or doesn't match author

  Expected: Signed-off-by: Good Author <good.author@example.com>

Commit 5f4c710

• ❌ Signed-off-by must match author

  Actual: missing or doesn't match author

  Expected: Signed-off-by: Good Author <good.author@example.com>

Commit b26caff

• ❌ Commit subject must be <= 60 (and should be <= 50) characters long

  Actual: subject is 86 characters long

  \textsf{package: this subject is way too long and should f\color{yellow}{ail the ha}\color{red}{rd limit check of 60 chars}}

Commit d6ffd3d

• ❌ Commit subject must not end with a period

Commit bb7a6f8

• ❌ Commit subject must start with a lower-case word after the prefix

Commit 0f2c7e8

• ❌ Commit subject must start with <package name or prefix>:

Commit f7d3b13

• ❌ Commit subject must not start with whitespace
• ❌ Commit subject must start with <package name or prefix>:

Commit ff3950e

• ❌ Author email must not be a GitHub noreply email

  Expected: a real email address

• ❌ Signed-off-by must not be a GitHub noreply email

  Expected: a real email address

For more details, see the full job log.

_{Something broken? Consider providing feedback.}

Tests

Tests use /tmp to create a temporary git repository in. Otherwise an alternative test path can be passed to the test script that will be created before running tests and removed afterwards.

src/test.sh /optional/path/to/test/repo

License

GNU General Public License v2.0 only