--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-fix-option-for-gerrit_change_id +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2852,8 +2852,11 @@ sub process { # Check for Gerrit Change-Ids not in any patch context if ($realfile eq '' && !$has_patch_separator && $line =~ /^\s*change-id:/i) { - ERROR("GERRIT_CHANGE_ID", - "Remove Gerrit Change-Id's before submitting upstream\n" . $herecurr); + if (ERROR("GERRIT_CHANGE_ID", + "Remove Gerrit Change-Id's before submitting upstream\n" . $herecurr) && + $fix) { + fix_delete_line($fixlinenr, $rawline); + } } # Check if the commit log is in a possible stack dump