Short python script to lint the changes files

scripts/maint/lintChanges.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import sys
+import re
+
+
+
+def lintfile(fname):
+    have_warned = []
+    def warn(s):
+        if not have_warned:
+            have_warned.append(1)
+            print fname,":"
+        print "\t",s
+
+    m = re.search(r'(\d{3,})', fname)
+    if m:
+        bugnum = m.group(1)
+    else:
+        bugnum = None
+
+    with open(fname) as f:
+        contents = f.read()
+
+    if bugnum and bugnum not in contents:
+        warn("bug number %s does not appear"%bugnum)
+
+    lines = contents.split("\n")
+    isBug = ("bug" in lines[0] or "fix" in lines[0])
+
+    contents = " ".join(contents.split())
+
+    if isBug and not re.search(r'(\d+)', contents):
+        warn("bugfix does not mention a number")
+    elif isBug and not re.search(r'Fixes bug (\d+)', contents):
+        warn("bugfix does not say 'Fixes bug XXX'")
+
+    if re.search(r'[bB]ug (\d+)', contents) and not re.search(r'Bugfix on ', contents):
+        warn("bugfix does not say 'bugfix on X.Y.Z'")
+
+
+if __name__=='__main__':
+    for fname in sys.argv[1:]:
+        if fname.endswith("~"):
+            continue
+        lintfile(fname)