@@ -1181,7 +1181,8 @@ sub git_commit_info {
 #		    git log --format='%H %s' -1 $line |
 #		    echo "commit $(cut -c 1-12,41-)"
 #		done
-	} elsif ($lines[0] =~ /^fatal: ambiguous argument '$commit': unknown revision or path not in the working tree\./) {
+	} elsif ($lines[0] =~ /^fatal: ambiguous argument '$commit': unknown revision or path not in the working tree\./ ||
+		 $lines[0] =~ /^fatal: bad object $commit/) {
 		$id = undef;
 	} else {
 		$id = substr($lines[0], 0, 12);

@@ -2587,6 +2588,8 @@ sub process {
 	my $reported_maintainer_file = 0;
 	my $non_utf8_charset = 0;
 
+	my $last_git_commit_id_linenr = -1;
+
 	my $last_blank_line = 0;
 	my $last_coalesced_string_linenr = -1;
 

@@ -3173,7 +3176,8 @@ sub process {
 		if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_possible_stack_dump &&
 		    $line !~ /^\s*(?:Link|Patchwork|http|https|BugLink|base-commit):/i &&
 		    $line !~ /^This reverts commit [0-9a-f]{7,40}/ &&
-		    ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\b/i ||
+		    (($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\b/i ||
+		      ($line =~ /\bcommit\s*$/i && defined($rawlines[$linenr]) && $rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*[0-9a-f]{5,}\b/i)) ||
 		     ($line =~ /(?:\s|^)[0-9a-f]{12,40}(?:[\s"'\(\[]|$)/i &&
 		      $line !~ /[\<\[][0-9a-f]{12,40}[\>\]]/i &&
 		      $line !~ /\bfixes:\s*[0-9a-f]{12,40}/i))) {

@@ -3183,49 +3187,59 @@ sub process {
 			my $long = 0;
 			my $case = 1;
 			my $space = 1;
-			my $hasdesc = 0;
 			my $hasparens = 0;
 			my $id = '0123456789ab';
 			my $orig_desc = "commit description";
 			my $description = "";
+			my $herectx = $herecurr;
+			my $has_parens = 0;
+
+			my $input = $line;
+			if ($line =~ /(?:\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}|\bcommit\s*$)/i) {
+				for (my $n = 0; $n < 2; $n++) {
+					if ($input =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s*$balanced_parens/i) {
+						$has_parens = 1;
+						last;
+					}
+					last if ($#lines < $linenr + $n);
+					$input .= " " . trim($rawlines[$linenr + $n]);
+					$herectx .= "$rawlines[$linenr + $n]\n";
+				}
+				$herectx = $herecurr if (!$has_parens);
+			}
 
-			if ($line =~ /\b(c)ommit\s+([0-9a-f]{5,})\b/i) {
+			if ($input =~ /\b(c)ommit\s+([0-9a-f]{5,})\b/i) {
 				$init_char = $1;
 				$orig_commit = lc($2);
-			} elsif ($line =~ /\b([0-9a-f]{12,40})\b/i) {
+				$short = 0 if ($input =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{12,40}/i);
+				$long = 1 if ($input =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{41,}/i);
+				$space = 0 if ($input =~ /\bcommit [0-9a-f]/i);
+				$case = 0 if ($input =~ /\b[Cc]ommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,40}[^A-F]/);
+
+				if ($input =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s+($balanced_parens)/i) {
+					$orig_desc = $1;
+					# Always strip leading/trailing parens then double quotes if existing
+					$orig_desc = substr($orig_desc, 1, -1);
+					if ($orig_desc =~ /^".*"$/) {
+						$orig_desc = substr($orig_desc, 1, -1);
+						$hasparens = 1;
+					}
+				}
+			} elsif ($input =~ /\b([0-9a-f]{12,40})\b/i) {
 				$orig_commit = lc($1);
 			}
 
-			$short = 0 if ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{12,40}/i);
-			$long = 1 if ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{41,}/i);
-			$space = 0 if ($line =~ /\bcommit [0-9a-f]/i);
-			$case = 0 if ($line =~ /\b[Cc]ommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,40}[^A-F]/);
-			if ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s+\("([^"]+)"\)/i) {
-				$orig_desc = $1;
-				$hasparens = 1;
-			} elsif ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s*$/i &&
-				 defined $rawlines[$linenr] &&
-				 $rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*\("([^"]+)"\)/) {
-				$orig_desc = $1;
-				$hasparens = 1;
-			} elsif ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s+\("[^"]+$/i &&
-				 defined $rawlines[$linenr] &&
-				 $rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*[^"]+"\)/) {
-				$line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s+\("([^"]+)$/i;
-				$orig_desc = $1;
-				$rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*([^"]+)"\)/;
-				$orig_desc .= " " . $1;
-				$hasparens = 1;
-			}
-
 			($id, $description) = git_commit_info($orig_commit,
 							      $id, $orig_desc);
 
 			if (defined($id) &&
-			   ($short || $long || $space || $case || ($orig_desc ne $description) || !$hasparens)) {
+			    ($short || $long || $space || $case || ($orig_desc ne $description) || !$hasparens) &&
+			    $last_git_commit_id_linenr != $linenr - 1) {
 				ERROR("GIT_COMMIT_ID",
-				      "Please use git commit description style 'commit <12+ chars of sha1> (\"<title line>\")' - ie: '${init_char}ommit $id (\"$description\")'\n" . $herecurr);
+				      "Please use git commit description style 'commit <12+ chars of sha1> (\"<title line>\")' - ie: '${init_char}ommit $id (\"$description\")'\n" . $herectx);
 			}
+			#don't report the next line if this line ends in commit and the sha1 hash is the next line
+			$last_git_commit_id_linenr = $linenr if ($line =~ /\bcommit\s*$/i);
 		}
 
 # Check for added, moved or deleted files